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    The surname Blanks

    A surname, carried by 6,229 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B452

    Blanks: #5,578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blanks #5,578, 6,229 people Blanks: #5,578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blanks #5,578, 6,229 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanks is more common than 96.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,229 people named Blanks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,566 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,956.

    #5,578
    rank among US surnames
    6,229
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,384)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,569Nam6,24449,447
    #5,570Labelle6,24249,463
    #5,572Jacinto6,23849,494
    #5,573Rule6,23649,510
    #5,575Flemming6,23449,526
    #5,576Sellars6,23249,542
    #5,577Medellin6,23149,550

    Who is named Blanks

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

    53% of people named Blanks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blanks

    Blanks 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 Blanks?
    6,229 people in the United States had the surname Blanks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,566 Americans. It ranked 5,578th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blanks?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Blanks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Blanks getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,229 in 2010, up 4.6%.