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    The surname Blocher

    A surname, carried by 1,733 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B426

    Blocher: #16,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blocher #16,560, 1,733 people Blocher: #16,560 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blocher #16,560, 1,733 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blocher is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,733 people named Blocher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,500.

    #16,560
    rank among US surnames
    1,733
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,363)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,555Perrigo1,734178,054
    #16,560Koepp1,733178,157

    Who is named Blocher

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

    94% of people named Blocher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blocher

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blocher?
    1,733 people in the United States had the surname Blocher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,157 Americans. It ranked 16,560th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blocher?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Blocher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Blocher getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,733 in 2010, up 16%.