# Blount (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blount/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,878 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,803 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,532 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (18,882 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /blʌnt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blount in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blount in the United States.

## People named Blount

- Lisa Blount, American actress (1957–2010)
- William Blount, American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution (1749-180
- Mark Blount, American basketball player (born 1975)
- Corie Blount, American basketball player (born 1969)
- Mel Blount, American professional football player
- LeGarrette Blount, American football player (born 1986)
- Willie Blount, American politician (1768-1835)
- Winton M. Blount, American industrialist and postmaster general (1921–2002)
- Anna Blount, American physician
- Sun Ra, American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)

## Similar surnames

Blunt, Blondin, Bland, Blanton, Boland, Ballentine, Blanding, Balentine, Blandon, Blandford, Ballantyne, Bolander.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.