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    The surname Blanck

    A surname, carried by 1,071 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B452

    Blanck: #23,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Blanck #23,662, 1,071 people Blanck: #23,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Blanck #23,662, 1,071 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanck is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, white”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,071 people named Blanck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,111.

    #23,662
    rank among US surnames
    1,071
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,814)

    Who is named Blanck

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

    94% of people named Blanck identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Blanck

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blanck come from?
    From the German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, white”).
    How common is the surname Blanck?
    1,071 people in the United States had the surname Blanck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. It ranked 23,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blanck?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Blanck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Blanck getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,071 in 2010, down 3.6%.