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    The surname Blalock

    A surname, carried by 11,493 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B442

    Blalock: #3,145 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Blalock #3,145, 11,493 people Blalock: #3,145 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blalock #3,145, 11,493 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blalock is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Blacklock.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,493 people named Blalock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,864 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,234.

    #3,145
    rank among US surnames
    11,493
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,942)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,136Tello11,51226,819
    #3,137Nielson11,51126,822
    #3,138Cary11,50626,833
    #3,140Ruelas11,50526,836
    #3,141Grigsby11,50126,845
    #3,142Maciel11,50026,847
    #3,144Steffen11,49426,861

    Who is named Blalock

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

    82% of people named Blalock identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blalocks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alfred Blalock
      American surgeon (1899–1964)
    • Will Blalock
      American basketball player (born 1983)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blalock

    Blalock has the Soundex code B442, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B442.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blalock come from?
    Variant of Blacklock.
    How common is the surname Blalock?
    11,493 people in the United States had the surname Blalock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,864 Americans. It ranked 3,145th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blalock?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Blalock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blalock?
    Alfred Blalock, American surgeon (1899–1964), followed by Will Blalock.
    Where is the surname Blalock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blalock in the United States.
    Is the surname Blalock getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,493 in 2010, up 2.3%.