Blanco Surname
Approximately 721,174 people bear this surname
Blanco Surname Definition:
Masculine adjective from the German "blank" - of a light color.
One of most common surnames in Spain, principally in Leon, Valencia, and Galicia. Village of Blancos near Osma, and village of Blanca near Cartagena. Appears as surname in ancient documents in Asturias and Leon.
Read More About This SurnameBlanco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 128,745 | 1:363 | 29 |
| Venezuela | 125,982 | 1:240 | 38 |
| Mexico | 75,147 | 1:1,652 | 240 |
| Colombia | 73,578 | 1:649 | 127 |
| Argentina | 66,005 | 1:648 | 84 |
| Cuba | 45,925 | 1:251 | 38 |
| United States | 38,934 | 1:9,310 | 1,124 |
| Philippines | 34,651 | 1:2,922 | 210 |
| Bolivia | 19,843 | 1:535 | 111 |
| Costa Rica | 14,287 | 1:335 | 97 |
| El Salvador | 10,773 | 1:589 | 119 |
| Nicaragua | 10,497 | 1:574 | 122 |
| Guatemala | 9,649 | 1:1,667 | 284 |
| Peru | 9,548 | 1:3,329 | 547 |
| Brazil | 8,513 | 1:25,147 | 1,126 |
| Dominican Republic | 8,427 | 1:1,238 | 198 |
| Chile | 6,098 | 1:2,889 | 462 |
| Uruguay | 5,987 | 1:573 | 65 |
| Paraguay | 5,973 | 1:1,212 | 243 |
| Honduras | 4,003 | 1:2,202 | 329 |
| France | 3,469 | 1:19,148 | 2,191 |
| Italy | 3,333 | 1:18,349 | 3,150 |
| Panama | 1,808 | 1:2,164 | 317 |
| Ecuador | 1,238 | 1:12,848 | 2,018 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Canada | 837 | 1:44,021 | 5,445 |
| Australia | 832 | 1:32,447 | 4,293 |
| Belize | 764 | 1:465 | 83 |
| Portugal | 764 | 1:13,636 | 1,076 |
| England | 619 | 1:90,013 | 9,714 |
| Switzerland | 497 | 1:16,525 | 2,721 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Germany | 370 | 1:217,582 | 24,518 |
| Belgium | 330 | 1:34,838 | 5,664 |
| Algeria | 290 | 1:133,212 | 18,129 |
| Puerto Rico | 247 | 1:14,373 | 605 |
| Andorra | 173 | 1:485 | 71 |
| Netherlands | 125 | 1:135,097 | 20,820 |
| Singapore | 124 | 1:44,417 | 1,692 |
| Thailand | 124 | 1:569,664 | 97,190 |
| Russia | 103 | 1:1,399,253 | 97,801 |
| Israel | 87 | 1:98,364 | 11,357 |
| Ireland | 64 | 1:73,577 | 4,518 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 61 | 1:895 | 143 |
| Sweden | 55 | 1:179,032 | 12,357 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| Lebanon | 35 | 1:161,060 | 7,588 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| China | 31 | 1:44,107,147 | 2,374 |
| Brunei | 30 | 1:13,958 | 1,702 |
| Czechia | 29 | 1:366,671 | 43,532 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Tunisia | 24 | 1:25,443 | 3,898 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 22 | 1:416,467 | 23,075 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Curaçao | 19 | 1:8,276 | 277 |
| Egypt | 18 | 1:5,107,542 | 48,087 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Angola | 8 | 1:3,373,652 | 6,946 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| DR Congo | 5 | 1:14,775,914 | 182,895 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Comoros | 2 | 1:374,762 | 673 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 1:48,773,131 | 29,601 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Malawi | 2 | 1:8,559,554 | 34,093 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 160 | 1:313,867 | 24,665 |
The alternate forms: Blancò (1) are calculated separately.
Blanco (2,817) may also be a first name.
Blanco Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Masculine adjective from the German "blank" - of a light color.
One of most common surnames in Spain, principally in Leon, Valencia, and Galicia. Village of Blancos near Osma, and village of Blanca near Cartagena. Appears as surname in ancient documents in Asturias and Leon. From German "blank" - brilliant, white, fair, colorless.
Castilian name from Leon near Asturias. Later in the entire Peninsula and the Indies.
User-submitted Reference
The name Blanco, taken directly from the Castilian vocabulary of the same spelling (1140) is derived from the Germanic word, blank, that means 'brilliant'.
- gab03Blanco Demographics
Average Male Blanco Height
172.6 cm
Average Female Blanco Height
161.64 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Blanco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blanco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blanco occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Blancò. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Blanco? popularity and diffusion
Blanco is the 738th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,105 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Blanco are found; 45 percent are found in South America and 28 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 137,342nd most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 2,817 people.
The last name Blanco is most frequently used in Spain, where it is held by 128,745 people, or 1 in 363. In Spain it is most frequent in: Galicia, where 18 percent are found, Madrid, where 15 percent are found and Andalusia, where 14 percent are found. Not including Spain this surname occurs in 150 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 17 percent are found and Mexico, where 10 percent are found.
Blanco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Blanco has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Blanco last name increased 24,334 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 6,878 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blanco Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Blanco are 40.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.73% registered with the party.
The amount Blanco earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 19.11% less than the national average, earning €24,290 per year; in Norway they earn 1.15% more than the national average, earning 350,057 kr per year; in Peru they earn 25.58% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,343 per year; in South Africa they earn 26.67% less than the national average, earning R 174,264 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.73% less than the national average, earning $20,039,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning $39,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.59% less than the national average, earning $43,923 CAD per year.
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Blanco Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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