# Bledsoe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bledsoe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,510 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,948 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,680 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (17,934 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈblɛdsoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bledsoe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bledsoe in the United States.

## People named Bledsoe

- Eric Bledsoe, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
- Drew Bledsoe, American football player, quarterback
- Jules Bledsoe, American opera singer
- Jesse Bledsoe, American politician (1776–1836)

## Similar surnames

Blades, Baltazar, Blodgett, Bolduc, Beltz, Boltz, Baltz, Bolds, Baltes, Blitz, Balducci, Blatchford.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.