How common is the surname Blanton?

24,154 people in the United States had the surname Blanton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,782 Americans. It ranked 1,478th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blanton?

Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress, followed by Jimmy Blanton.

Where is the surname Blanton most common?

Wikidata records people named Blanton in the United States.

Is the surname Blanton getting more or less common?

More common. 23,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,154 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Blanton

A place surname, carried by 24,154 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blanton is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

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

Blanton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,154 people named Blanton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,782 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,665.

#1,478

rank among US surnames

24,154

people in 2010

8.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,375)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,469	Shapiro	24,335	12,687
#1,470	Whalen	24,262	12,725
#1,471	Navarrete	24,259	12,727
#1,472	Gamez	24,256	12,729
#1,473	Swift	24,249	12,732
#1,474	Inman	24,222	12,746
#1,475	Crews	24,219	12,748

Who is named Blanton

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

84% of people named Blanton identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blantons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kirby Bliss Blanton
American actress, born 1990
Jimmy Blanton
American musician (1918–1942)
Ricky Blanton
American basketball player-coach, born 1966
Joe Blanton
American baseball player, born 1980
Ray Blanton
American politician (1930–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blanton

Blanton has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

Questions

Where does the surname Blanton come from?: Unexplained; perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.
How common is the surname Blanton?: 24,154 people in the United States had the surname Blanton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,782 Americans. It ranked 1,478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blanton?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Blanton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blanton?: Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress, followed by Jimmy Blanton.
Where is the surname Blanton most common?: Wikidata records people named Blanton in the United States.
What type of surname is Blanton?: Blanton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Blanton getting more or less common?: More common. 23,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,154 in 2010, up 2.1%.