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    The surname Blanke

    A surname, carried by 1,149 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B452

    Blanke: #22,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blanke #22,404, 1,149 people Blanke: #22,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blanke #22,404, 1,149 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanke is more common than 86.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,149 people named Blanke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,708 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,128.

    #22,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,149
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,565)

    Who is named Blanke

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

    97% of people named Blanke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blankes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Henry Blanke
      American film producer (1901-1981)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blanke

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blanke?
    1,149 people in the United States had the surname Blanke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,708 Americans. It ranked 22,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blanke?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Blanke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Blanke?
    Henry Blanke, American film producer (1901-1981).
    Where is the surname Blanke most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blanke in Germany.
    Is the surname Blanke getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,149 in 2010, up 1.9%.