# Blundell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blundell/  
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) | 1,727 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,601 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 178,776 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.7% (1,813 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a diminutive of Blunt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blundell 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blundell in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Blundell

- Denis Blundell, 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977
- Richard Blundell, British economist
- Jude Watson, American novelist

## Similar surnames

Blunt, Bland, Blanton, Blount, 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.