How common is the surname Blanc?

3,352 people in the United States had the surname Blanc in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,108 Americans. It ranked 9,684th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blanc?

Mel Blanc, American voice actor (1908–1989), followed by Lola Blanc.

Where is the surname Blanc most common?

Wikidata records people named Blanc in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Blanc getting more or less common?

More common. 2,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,352 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Blanc

A French surname, carried by 3,352 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanc is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,352 people named Blanc in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,108 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,794.

#9,684

rank among US surnames

3,352

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+20%

change since 2000 (was #10,532)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,679	Kummer	3,354	92,053
#9,683	Garrard	3,353	92,080
#9,684	Blanc	3,352	92,108
#9,686	Kunze	3,351	92,135
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163
#9,691	Paramo	3,348	92,218
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245

Who is named Blanc

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

52% of people named Blanc identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blancs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mel Blanc
American voice actor (1908–1989)
Lola Blanc
American singer-songwriter (born 1987)
Jennifer Blanc
American actress, born 1974
Aldir Blanc
Brazilian composer (1946–2020)
Noel Blanc
American voice actor, born 1938

Notable Blancs come mostly from the United States (4) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blanc

Blanc has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blanc come from?: Blanc is French in origin.
How common is the surname Blanc?: 3,352 people in the United States had the surname Blanc in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,108 Americans. It ranked 9,684th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blanc?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Blanc identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blanc?: Mel Blanc, American voice actor (1908–1989), followed by Lola Blanc.
Where is the surname Blanc most common?: Wikidata records people named Blanc in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Blanc getting more or less common?: More common. 2,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,352 in 2010, up 20%.