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    The surname Blind

    A surname, carried by 835 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B453

    Blind: #28,552 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Blind #28,552, 835 people Blind: #28,552 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Blind #28,552, 835 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blind is more common than 82.4% of them.

    Origin

    English, German, and Jewish/Yiddish surname, all related to the adjective blind.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 835 people named Blind in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 369,755 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 715.

    #28,552
    rank among US surnames
    835
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.8%
    change since 2000 (was #30,753)

    Who is named Blind

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

    94% of people named Blind identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blind

    Blind has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blind come from?
    English, German, and Jewish/Yiddish surname, all related to the adjective blind.
    How common is the surname Blind?
    835 people in the United States had the surname Blind in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 369,755 Americans. It ranked 28,552nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blind?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Blind identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Blind getting more or less common?
    More common. 715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 835 in 2010, up 17%.