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    The surname Blakes

    A surname, carried by 1,203 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B422

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakes is more common than 86.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,203 people named Blakes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,646 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 950.

    #21,660
    rank among US surnames
    1,203
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,642)

    Who is named Blakes

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    79% of people named Blakes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blakes

    Blakes has the Soundex code B422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B422.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blakes?
    1,203 people in the United States had the surname Blakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,646 Americans. It ranked 21,660th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blakes?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Blakes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Blakes getting more or less common?
    More common. 950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,203 in 2010, up 27%.