How common is the surname Blanchard?

37,695 people in the United States had the surname Blanchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,191 Americans. It ranked 920th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blanchard?

Rowan Blanchard, American actress (born 2001), followed by Tammy Blanchard.

Where is the surname Blanchard most common?

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

How do you pronounce Blanchard?

Blanchard is /ˈblæn.tʃəɹd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Blanchard getting more or less common?

More common. 36,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,695 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Blanchard

A French surname, carried by 37,695 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈblæn.tʃəɹd/ 2 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanchard is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Blanchard.

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 37,695 people named Blanchard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,191 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 36,764.

#920

rank among US surnames

37,695

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #860)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#911	Best	37,923	8,141
#912	Benton	37,912	8,144
#913	Lugo	37,903	8,146
#914	Portillo	37,890	8,148
#915	Dougherty	37,884	8,150
#916	Crane	37,870	8,153
#917	Haley	37,858	8,155

Who is named Blanchard

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

85% of people named Blanchard identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blanchards

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rowan Blanchard
American actress (born 2001)
Tammy Blanchard
American actress and singer, born 1976
Blanchard Ryan
Actress, born 1967
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer, born 1962
Tessa Blanchard
American professional wrestler, born 1995
Ray Blanchard
American-Canadian sexologist (born 1945)
Newton C. Blanchard
American politician (1849-1922)
Kenneth Hartley Blanchard
American business writer, born 1939
Helen Blanchard
American inventor (1840–1922)
Tully Blanchard
American professional wrestler, born 1954
James Blanchard
American politician (born 1942)
Alana Blanchard
American surfer, born 1990

Notable Blanchards come mostly from the United States (14) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blanchard

Blanchard 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 Blanchard come from?: Borrowed from French Blanchard.
How common is the surname Blanchard?: 37,695 people in the United States had the surname Blanchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,191 Americans. It ranked 920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blanchard?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Blanchard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blanchard?: Rowan Blanchard, American actress (born 2001), followed by Tammy Blanchard.
Where is the surname Blanchard most common?: Wikidata records people named Blanchard in the United States and Canada.
How do you pronounce Blanchard?: Blanchard is /ˈblæn.tʃəɹd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Blanchard getting more or less common?: More common. 36,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,695 in 2010, up 2.5%.