# Blanchard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blanchard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French; variant form Blanshard.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,695 |
| US rank (2010) | 920 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,191 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (36,764 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈblæn.tʃəɹd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Blanchard.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blanchard in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blanchard in the United States and Canada.

## People named Blanchard

- Rowan Blanchard, American actress (born 2001)
- Tammy Blanchard, American actress and singer
- Blanchard Ryan, actress
- Terence Blanchard, American musician and composer
- Tessa Blanchard, American professional wrestler
- Ray Blanchard, American-Canadian sexologist (born 1945)
- Newton C. Blanchard, American politician (1849-1922)
- Kenneth Hartley Blanchard, American business writer
- Helen Blanchard, American inventor (1840–1922)
- Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler
- James Blanchard, American politician (born 1942)
- Alana Blanchard, American surfer

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Blanco, Blank, Blanchette, Blanks, Blanc, Blancas, Blanch, Blanche, Blanchet, Blanke, Blanck, Blankenship.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.