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    The surname Blow

    A surname, carried by 3,590 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B400

    Blow: #9,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blow #9,100, 3,590 people Blow: #9,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blow #9,100, 3,590 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blow is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,590 people named Blow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,002 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,479.

    #9,100
    rank among US surnames
    3,590
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,696)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,092Dart3,59485,906
    #9,093Rael3,59285,954
    #9,097Sale3,59185,978
    #9,100Blow3,59086,002
    #9,104Pavon3,58986,026
    #9,108Wiest3,58886,049

    Who is named Blow

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

    54% of people named Blow identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blows

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jonathan Blow
      American video game designer and programmer (born 1971)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blow

    Blow has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blow?
    3,590 people in the United States had the surname Blow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,002 Americans. It ranked 9,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blow?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Blow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blow?
    Jonathan Blow, American video game designer and programmer (born 1971).
    Where is the surname Blow most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blow in the United States.
    Is the surname Blow getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,590 in 2010, up 3.2%.