How common is the surname Blanchet?

1,215 people in the United States had the surname Blanchet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. It ranked 21,495th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blanchet?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Blanchet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Blanchet getting more or less common?

More common. 1,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,215 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Blanchet

A French surname, carried by 1,215 people in the United States.

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). Blanchet is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Blanchet.

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 1,215 people named Blanchet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,041.

#21,495

rank among US surnames

1,215

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+16.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,949)

Who is named Blanchet

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

80% of people named Blanchet identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Blancett

Surnames that sound like Blanchet

Blanchet 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 Blanchet come from?: From French Blanchet.
How common is the surname Blanchet?: 1,215 people in the United States had the surname Blanchet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. It ranked 21,495th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blanchet?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Blanchet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Blanchet getting more or less common?: More common. 1,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,215 in 2010, up 17%.
What are other spellings of Blanchet?: Blancett.