How common is the surname Blandford?

2,473 people in the United States had the surname Blandford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. It ranked 12,531st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Blandford?

Blandford is /ˈblænfə(ɹ)d/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Blandford getting more or less common?

More common. 2,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,473 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Blandford

An English surname, carried by 2,473 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈblænfə(ɹ)d/ 2 syllables Soundex B453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blandford is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

Middle English Blaneford, Bleneford, from Old English *Blǣġenaford: blǣġe (“blay, gudgeon”) + ford (“ford”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,473 people named Blandford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,335.

#12,531

rank among US surnames

2,473

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,233)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,525	Mendivil	2,474	124,796
#12,531	Pompey	2,473	124,847
#12,536	Dahlin	2,472	124,897
#12,540	Volker	2,471	124,948

Who is named Blandford

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

87% of people named Blandford identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blandford

Blandford has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Blandford come from?: Middle English Blaneford, Bleneford, from Old English *Blǣġenaford: blǣġe (“blay, gudgeon”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Blandford?: 2,473 people in the United States had the surname Blandford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. It ranked 12,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blandford?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Blandford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Blandford?: Blandford is /ˈblænfə(ɹ)d/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Blandford getting more or less common?: More common. 2,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,473 in 2010, up 5.9%.