How common is the surname Blanford?

1,675 people in the United States had the surname Blanford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. It ranked 16,968th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Blanford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,675 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Blanford

A surname, carried by 1,675 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B451

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanford is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,675 people named Blanford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,607.

#16,968

rank among US surnames

1,675

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,968	Kintz	1,675	184,326
#16,975	Vanvliet	1,674	184,436

Who is named Blanford

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

80% of people named Blanford identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Blanford?: 1,675 people in the United States had the surname Blanford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. It ranked 16,968th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blanford?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Blanford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Blanford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,675 in 2010, up 4.2%.