How common is the surname Blaze?

1,063 people in the United States had the surname Blaze in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Blaze getting more or less common?

More common. 921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Blaze also a first name?

Yes. Blaze is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Blaze

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,063 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B420 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blaze is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Blaise.

Blaze is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,063 people named Blaze in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 921.

#23,785

rank among US surnames

1,063

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+15.4%

change since 2000 (was #25,242)

Who is named Blaze

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

71% of people named Blaze identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Two or more races 2.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Blaze

Blaze 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 Blaze come from?: Variant of Blaise.
How common is the surname Blaze?: 1,063 people in the United States had the surname Blaze in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blaze?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Blaze identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Blaze?: Blaze is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Blaze getting more or less common?: More common. 921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Blaze also a first name?: Yes. Blaze is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.