Blanche is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Blanche
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

Blanche is a variant of Blanch. French blanc. White—of light complexion. Blanche. Hundred Rolls.

Form of Blank. One with a fair or light complexion; one who had white hair.

Lastname is a variation of Blancke. White.

The family name is a variant form of Blank. See Blanch - French blanc. White—of light complexion. Blanche. Hundred Rolls.

The lastname is form of Blank. French blanc meaning white.

How popular is Blanche?

Blanche is common in France, United States, Chad, Argentina, Philippines, England, Morocco, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Wales, Chile.

Blanche is ranked 46486 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Blanches grew by 13.34 per cent to 1325 since 2000 and ranked 20149 after elevating 811 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 52.98 57.83
Black 31.25 30.37
Hispanic or Latino 8.53 5.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.47 3.08
Others 3.17 1.88
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 1.11
Blanche is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 11161 person has been found who wears Blanche as their family name. Blanche is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Blanche:
2,394 France3,206
22,145 United States1,577
1,197 Chad1,541
Countries with hundreds of Blanche:
4,097 Argentina881
21,043 Philippines827
11,716 England487
15,801 Morocco375
16,656 South Africa371
13,424 Australia221
17,539 Canada210
3,003 Ireland128
2,804 Wales114
5,406 Chile109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,100 Spain100
17,762 Belgium95
7,974 New Zealand92
24,294 Cameroon84
5,426 Dominican Republic77
6,073 Scotland64
14,074 Switzerland56
7,055 Uruguay52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
19,367 Israel43
6,940 Mauritius36
145,792 Brazil36
75,524 Iran35
19,270 Ivory Coast34
751 Barbados30
346,896 India29
4,303 Trinidad and Tobago28
140,707 Germany27
10,182 Ethiopia25
33,666 Sweden21
1,045 Aruba14
106,343 Italy14
7,191 Tunisia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,343 Cuba9
48,153 Egypt9
379 Turks and Caicos Islands8
8,933 China8
51,006 United Arab Emirates7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old immigrant Mary Blanche who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 1, 1849 by Washington put out from Liverpool. Immigrant Edmond Blanche, James Blanche (22) Workman, Workwoman Winifred Blanche, 21 years old Mary Blanche, 30 years old Daniel Blanche, Thomas Blanche, aged 23, Charles Blanche (20) Immigrant, Immigrant E. Blanche, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Michel Blanche worked as farmer and hailed from France. 37 years old embarked for New-Orleans from Havre on Buena Vista and arrived on January 14, 1850. Marie Blanche, Josephine Blanche, aged 25, Fernand Blanche (7), Spinster Marie Blanche, Michael Blanche (58) Laborer, 52 years old Urbus Blanche, J.Mrs Blanche (39), 16 years old Bo-Te Blanche, Florist J-Mrs Blanche, and 2 other Blanche majority of whom were servant and others worked as laborer migrated to US from Hamburg & Havre, Liverpool & Queenstown and Havre & Plymouth.

Blanche Namesakes

  • August Blanche,
  • Jacques-Émile Blanche, French artist, largely self-taught,
  • Bartolomé Blanche, Chilean military officer and provisional president of Chile

Blanche Namesakes

  • August Blanche,
  • Jacques-Émile Blanche, French artist, largely self-taught,
  • Bartolomé Blanche, Chilean military officer and provisional president of Chile

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