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    The surname Blanding

    A surname, carried by 3,237 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B453

    Blanding: #9,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blanding #9,966, 3,237 people Blanding: #9,966 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blanding #9,966, 3,237 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanding is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,237 people named Blanding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,380 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,950.

    #9,966
    rank among US surnames
    3,237
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #10,074)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,961Brazier3,24095,292
    #9,963Hoggard3,23995,321
    #9,964Throckmorton3,23895,351
    #9,966Furlow3,23795,380
    #9,968Warr3,23695,410
    #9,969Bolyard3,23595,439

    Who is named Blanding

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

    66% of people named Blanding identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 66%
    • White (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blanding

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blanding?
    3,237 people in the United States had the surname Blanding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,380 Americans. It ranked 9,966th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blanding?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Blanding identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Blanding getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,237 in 2010, up 9.7%.