The surname Blizzard
A surname, carried by 4,453 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B426
Origin
Altered form of Blissett, under the influence of the word blizzard.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,453 people named Blizzard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,334 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,389.
Who is named Blizzard
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Blizzard identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Bleazard
- Blizard
Surnames that sound like Blizzard
Blizzard has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.
Questions
- Where does the surname Blizzard come from?
- Altered form of Blissett, under the influence of the word blizzard.
- How common is the surname Blizzard?
- 4,453 people in the United States had the surname Blizzard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,334 Americans. It ranked 7,481st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Blizzard?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Blizzard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Blizzard getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,453 in 2010, up 1.5%.
- What are other spellings of Blizzard?
- Bleazard and Blizard.