How common is the surname Blevins?

38,229 people in the United States had the surname Blevins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,076 Americans. It ranked 906th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blevins?

Jerry Blevins, American baseball player, followed by Christopher Blevins.

Where is the surname Blevins most common?

Wikidata records people named Blevins in the United States.

Is the surname Blevins getting more or less common?

More common. 36,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 38,229 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Blevins

A Welsh surname, carried by 38,229 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blevins is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 38,229 people named Blevins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,076 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 36,841.

#906

rank among US surnames

38,229

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #856)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#897	Rivers	38,662	7,986
#898	Farley	38,528	8,014
#899	Bernard	38,512	8,017
#900	Ashley	38,499	8,020
#901	Friedman	38,374	8,046
#902	Potts	38,277	8,066
#903	Truong	38,267	8,068

Who is named Blevins

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

89% of people named Blevins identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blevinss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Blevins
American baseball player, born 1983
Christopher Blevins
American cyclist, born 1998
Ninja
American livestreamer and vlogger (born 1991)
Patsy Montana
American country music singer-songwriter, 1908–1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Blevens

Surnames that sound like Blevins

Blevins has the Soundex code B415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B415.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blevins come from?: Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s.
How common is the surname Blevins?: 38,229 people in the United States had the surname Blevins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,076 Americans. It ranked 906th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blevins?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Blevins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blevins?: Jerry Blevins, American baseball player, followed by Christopher Blevins.
Where is the surname Blevins most common?: Wikidata records people named Blevins in the United States.
Is the surname Blevins getting more or less common?: More common. 36,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 38,229 in 2010, up 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Blevins?: Blevens.