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    The surname Blas

    A surname, carried by 3,612 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Blas: #9,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blas #9,045, 3,612 people Blas: #9,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blas #9,045, 3,612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blas is more common than 94.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,612 people named Blas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,478 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,985.

    #9,045
    rank among US surnames
    3,612
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21%
    change since 2000 (was #9,973)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,037Delay3,61685,383
    #9,038Everitt3,61585,407
    #9,043Campion3,61485,430
    #9,045Lieu3,61285,478
    #9,048Castelan3,61185,501
    #9,050Linehan3,61085,525
    #9,054Borjas3,60985,549

    Who is named Blas

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

    61% of people named Blas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 61%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 5.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blas

    Blas has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blas?
    3,612 people in the United States had the surname Blas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,478 Americans. It ranked 9,045th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blas?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Blas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Blas getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,612 in 2010, up 21%.