How common is the surname Blakeslee?

3,561 people in the United States had the surname Blakeslee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. It ranked 9,165th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blakeslee?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blakeslee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blakeslee?

Susanne Blakeslee, American voice, stage and musical theatre actress, followed by Albert Francis Blakeslee.

Where is the surname Blakeslee most common?

Wikidata records people named Blakeslee in the United States.

Is the surname Blakeslee getting more or less common?

More common. 3,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,561 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Blakeslee

A surname, carried by 3,561 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakeslee is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,561 people named Blakeslee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,199.

#9,165

rank among US surnames

3,561

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+11.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,348)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,161	Tincher	3,563	86,653
#9,164	Boos	3,562	86,678
#9,165	Caston	3,561	86,702
#9,171	Stamey	3,560	86,726
#9,172	Joaquin	3,559	86,751
#9,174	Haugh	3,558	86,775

Who is named Blakeslee

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

95% of people named Blakeslee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blakeslees

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susanne Blakeslee
American voice, stage and musical theatre actress, born 1956
Albert Francis Blakeslee
American botanist (1874-1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blakeslee

Blakes

Blakeslee 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 Blakeslee?: 3,561 people in the United States had the surname Blakeslee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. It ranked 9,165th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blakeslee?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blakeslee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blakeslee?: Susanne Blakeslee, American voice, stage and musical theatre actress, followed by Albert Francis Blakeslee.
Where is the surname Blakeslee most common?: Wikidata records people named Blakeslee in the United States.
Is the surname Blakeslee getting more or less common?: More common. 3,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,561 in 2010, up 11%.