How common is the surname Blunk?

1,155 people in the United States had the surname Blunk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. It ranked 22,319th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blunk?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Blunk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Blunk getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,155 in 2010, down 20%.

The surname Blunk

A surname, carried by 1,155 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blunk is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,155 people named Blunk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,439.

#22,319

rank among US surnames

1,155

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-19.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,919)

Who is named Blunk

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

97% of people named Blunk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blunk

Blunk has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

How common is the surname Blunk?: 1,155 people in the United States had the surname Blunk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. It ranked 22,319th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blunk?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Blunk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Blunk getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,155 in 2010, down 20%.