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    The surname Blankenship

    A surname, carried by 43,830 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B452

    Blankenship: #787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Blankenship #787, 43,830 people Blankenship: #787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blankenship #787, 43,830 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blankenship is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 43,830 people named Blankenship in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,044 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 42,663.

    #787
    rank among US surnames
    43,830
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #731)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #778Kent44,3256,965
    #779Conway44,3206,966
    #780McKee44,1376,995
    #781Barr44,1306,996
    #782David44,0407,011
    #783Dejesus44,0387,011
    #784Marin43,9047,032

    Who is named Blankenship

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

    94% of people named Blankenship identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blankenships

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Loyd Blankenship
      American hacker, born 1965
    • Don Blankenship
      American business executive (born 1950)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blankenship

    Blankenship 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 Blankenship?
    43,830 people in the United States had the surname Blankenship in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,044 Americans. It ranked 787th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blankenship?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Blankenship identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blankenship?
    Loyd Blankenship, American hacker, followed by Don Blankenship.
    Where is the surname Blankenship most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blankenship in the United States.
    Is the surname Blankenship getting more or less common?
    More common. 42,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,830 in 2010, up 2.7%.