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    The surname Blanch

    A surname, carried by 1,813 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B452

    Blanch: #16,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blanch #16,012, 1,813 people Blanch: #16,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blanch #16,012, 1,813 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanch is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,813 people named Blanch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,295 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,472.

    #16,012
    rank among US surnames
    1,813
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,004Portnoy1,814170,202
    #16,012Hysell1,813170,295
    #16,018Provencio1,812170,389

    Who is named Blanch

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

    67% of people named Blanch identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blanchs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gertrude Blanch
      American mathematician (1897–1996)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blanch

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blanch?
    1,813 people in the United States had the surname Blanch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,295 Americans. It ranked 16,012th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blanch?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Blanch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blanch?
    Gertrude Blanch, American mathematician (1897–1996).
    Where is the surname Blanch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blanch in the United States.
    Is the surname Blanch getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,813 in 2010, up 23%.