How common is the surname Blanco?

31,800 people in the United States had the surname Blanco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,709 Americans. It ranked 1,099th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blanco?

Kathleen Blanco, American politician (1942–2019), followed by Ismael Blanco.

Where is the surname Blanco most common?

Wikidata records people named Blanco in Argentina, the United States and Bolivia and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Blanco getting more or less common?

More common. 28,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,800 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Blanco

A Spanish surname, carried by 31,800 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). Blanco is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,800 people named Blanco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,709 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,843.

#1,099

rank among US surnames

31,800

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,090	Tan	32,120	9,612
#1,091	Lake	32,104	9,617
#1,092	Lutz	32,050	9,633
#1,093	Costello	32,043	9,635
#1,094	Gay	32,025	9,641
#1,095	Guthrie	31,956	9,662
#1,096	Gallardo	31,909	9,676

Who is named Blanco

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

83% of people named Blanco identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Blancos

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathleen Blanco
American politician (1942–2019)
Ismael Blanco
Argentine association football player, born 1983
Antonio Blanco
Association football player, born 2000
Sebastián Blanco
Argentine footballer, born 1988
Carlos Blanco Galindo
Bolivian politician (1882–1946)
Gustavo Blanco Leschuk
Argentine association football player, born 1991
Domingo Blanco
Argentinian association football player, born 1995
Gregor Blanco
Baseball player from Venezuela, born 1983
Jesús Tirso Blanco
Argentinian bishop (1957–2022)
Tomás Blanco
Actor from Spain, 1910–1990
Mykki Blanco
American rapper, writer and performance artist, born 1986
Eduardo Blanco
Argentine naturalized Spanish actor, born 1958

Notable Blancos come mostly from Argentina (6), the United States (2) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blanco

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blanco come from?: Blanco is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Blanco?: 31,800 people in the United States had the surname Blanco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,709 Americans. It ranked 1,099th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blanco?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Blanco identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blanco?: Kathleen Blanco, American politician (1942–2019), followed by Ismael Blanco.
Where is the surname Blanco most common?: Wikidata records people named Blanco in Argentina, the United States and Bolivia and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Blanco getting more or less common?: More common. 28,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,800 in 2010, up 10%.