How common is the surname Blaylock?

10,008 people in the United States had the surname Blaylock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,850 Americans. It ranked 3,563rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blaylock?

Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player (born 1967), followed by James Blaylock.

Where is the surname Blaylock most common?

Wikidata records people named Blaylock in the United States.

Is the surname Blaylock getting more or less common?

More common. 9,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,008 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Blaylock

A surname, carried by 10,008 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B442

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blaylock is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,008 people named Blaylock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,850 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,683.

#3,563

rank among US surnames

10,008

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,380)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,554	Kirchner	10,044	30,739
#3,555	Faber	10,039	30,755
#3,556	Layman	10,038	30,758
#3,557	Calvillo	10,032	30,776
#3,558	Sanborn	10,025	30,798
#3,559	Harter	10,020	30,813
#3,560	Tuck	10,018	30,819

Who is named Blaylock

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

77% of people named Blaylock identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blaylocks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mookie Blaylock
American basketball player (born 1967)
James Blaylock
American fantasy author, born 1950
Josh Blaylock
American actor and photographer, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Baylock

Surnames that sound like Blaylock

Blalock

Blaylock has the Soundex code B442, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B442.

Questions

How common is the surname Blaylock?: 10,008 people in the United States had the surname Blaylock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,850 Americans. It ranked 3,563rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blaylock?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Blaylock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blaylock?: Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player (born 1967), followed by James Blaylock.
Where is the surname Blaylock most common?: Wikidata records people named Blaylock in the United States.
Is the surname Blaylock getting more or less common?: More common. 9,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,008 in 2010, up 3.4%.
What are other spellings of Blaylock?: Baylock.