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    The surname Bleeker

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,101 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B426

    Bleeker: #23,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bleeker #23,167, 1,101 people Bleeker: #23,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bleeker #23,167, 1,101 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bleeker is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Bleeker.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,101 people named Bleeker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,064.

    #23,167
    rank among US surnames
    1,101
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #22,555)

    Who is named Bleeker

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

    96% of people named Bleeker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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

    Variant spellings

    • Bleecker

    Surnames that sound like Bleeker

    Bleeker has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bleeker come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Bleeker.
    How common is the surname Bleeker?
    1,101 people in the United States had the surname Bleeker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bleeker?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bleeker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bleeker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 3.5%.
    What are other spellings of Bleeker?
    Bleecker.