Blancpain Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Blancpain Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Blancpain,' of which the English translation was Whitebread and Whitbread, q. v. Some spot in Normandy. Blanchpain has a strong nickname appearance about it, but the evidence is against such a derivation.

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Blancpain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France391:1,703,147154,208
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Blancpain Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Blancpain,' of which the English translation was Whitebread and Whitbread, q. v. Some spot in Normandy. Blanchpain has a strong nickname appearance about it, but the evidence is against such a derivation.

Aldwina de Blancpain, Berkshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Roger Blancpayn, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Blancpain, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Edmund Blankpayn. Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum.

John Blankpayn represented Cambridge in Parliament: Close Rolls, 50 Edward I. pt.

Eugene Aram was usher, in 1744, to the Rev. Mr. Painblanc, in Piccadilly.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Literally translated in Whitebread. There was a species of bread so called in the XIII. cent. Hugh de Elsfield, circ. 1220, gave one virgate of land in Elsfield, co. Oxon, to the prioress of Studley, and further directed one hundred white loaves of the sort called in Oxford blanpeyn to be given to the nuns for ever on the feast of the assumption. "Dedi et conceasi prtedictis monialibus centum panes albos, de panibus illis qui vocantur blanpeyn apud Oxon." Dunkin's Oxfordshire, i. 135.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Blancpain Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Blancpain Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Blancpain is most common in France. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blancpain? popularity and diffusion

The last name Blancpain is the 2,034,059th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Blancpain live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,703,147. In France Blancpain is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 56 percent reside, Grand Est, where 23 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent reside. Excluding France Blancpain exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 40 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.

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