How common is the surname Blasko?

1,697 people in the United States had the surname Blasko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. It ranked 16,824th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blasko?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blasko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blasko?

Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer.

Where is the surname Blasko most common?

Wikidata records people named Blasko in Australia.

Is the surname Blasko getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,697 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Blasko

A Slovak surname, carried by 1,697 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blasko is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Slovak origin

Borrowed from Slovak Blaško.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,697 people named Blasko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,802.

#16,824

rank among US surnames

1,697

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,033)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,824	Red	1,697	181,936
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043

Who is named Blasko

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

96% of people named Blasko identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blaskos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sarah Blasko
Australian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blasko

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

Questions

Where does the surname Blasko come from?: Borrowed from Slovak Blaško.
How common is the surname Blasko?: 1,697 people in the United States had the surname Blasko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. It ranked 16,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blasko?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blasko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blasko?: Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer.
Where is the surname Blasko most common?: Wikidata records people named Blasko in Australia.
Is the surname Blasko getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,697 in 2010, down 5.8%.