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    The surname Blanchette

    A French surname, carried by 6,452 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B452

    Blanchette: #5,396 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blanchette #5,396, 6,452 people Blanchette: #5,396 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blanchette #5,396, 6,452 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanchette is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Blanchette.

    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 6,452 people named Blanchette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,853 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,284.

    #5,396
    rank among US surnames
    6,452
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,126)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,390Weil6,45547,830
    #5,393Deane6,45447,838
    #5,394Ingalls6,45347,845
    #5,396Blanchette6,45247,853
    #5,397Blaine6,45147,860

    Who is named Blanchette

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

    93% of people named Blanchette identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blanchette

    Blanchette 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 Blanchette come from?
    From French Blanchette.
    How common is the surname Blanchette?
    6,452 people in the United States had the surname Blanchette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,853 Americans. It ranked 5,396th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blanchette?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Blanchette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Blanchette getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,452 in 2010, up 2.7%.