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    The surname Blass

    A surname, carried by 1,876 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Blass: #15,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blass #15,589, 1,876 people Blass: #15,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blass #15,589, 1,876 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blass is more common than 90.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,876 people named Blass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,577 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,666.

    #15,589
    rank among US surnames
    1,876
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,001)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,589Blass1,876164,577
    #15,595Puffer1,875164,664

    Who is named Blass

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

    81% of people named Blass identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blasss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bill Blass
      American fashion designer (1922-2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blass

    Blass 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 Blass?
    1,876 people in the United States had the surname Blass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,577 Americans. It ranked 15,589th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blass?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Blass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Blass?
    Bill Blass, American fashion designer (1922-2002).
    Where is the surname Blass most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blass in the United States.
    Is the surname Blass getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,876 in 2010, up 13%.