How common is the surname Blundell?

1,727 people in the United States had the surname Blundell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blundell?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Blundell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blundell?

Denis Blundell, 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977, followed by Richard Blundell.

Where is the surname Blundell most common?

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

Is the surname Blundell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Blundell

A surname, carried by 1,727 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blundell is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

From a diminutive of Blunt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,727 people named Blundell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,813.

#16,601

rank among US surnames

1,727

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,958)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,593	Bruneau	1,728	178,672
#16,601	Rapier	1,727	178,776

Who is named Blundell

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

93% of people named Blundell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blundells

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Denis Blundell
12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977
Richard Blundell
British economist, born 1952
Jude Watson
American novelist, born 1956

Notable Blundells come mostly from New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blundell

Blunt

Blundell has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

Questions

Where does the surname Blundell come from?: From a diminutive of Blunt.
How common is the surname Blundell?: 1,727 people in the United States had the surname Blundell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blundell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Blundell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blundell?: Denis Blundell, 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977, followed by Richard Blundell.
Where is the surname Blundell most common?: Wikidata records people named Blundell in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Blundell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, down 4.7%.