# Blanton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blanton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,154 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,478 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,782 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (23,665 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Unexplained; perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blanton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blanton in the United States.

## People named Blanton

- Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress
- Jimmy Blanton, American musician (1918–1942)
- Ricky Blanton, American basketball player-coach
- Joe Blanton, American baseball player
- Ray Blanton, American politician (1930–1996)

## Similar surnames

Blandon, Bland, Blunt, Blanding, Blandford, Blando, Blount, Boland, Ballentine, Balentine, Ballantyne, Bolander.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.