Blanke Surname
Approximately 10,235 people bear this surname
Blanke Surname Definition:
(English) One with a fair or light complexion; one who had white hair.
Blankenship, Blankensop (English) One who came from Blenkinsopp (top valley), in Northumberland.
Blanke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,446 | 1:10,812 | 1,364 |
| United States | 1,725 | 1:210,121 | 20,556 |
| Netherlands | 332 | 1:50,865 | 8,726 |
| Brazil | 235 | 1:910,955 | 32,619 |
| Canada | 147 | 1:250,650 | 23,792 |
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Switzerland | 59 | 1:139,202 | 13,535 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 299 | 1:167,955 | 15,192 |
Blanke (22) may also be a first name.
Blanke Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One with a fair or light complexion; one who had white hair.
Blankenship, Blankensop (English) One who came from Blenkinsopp (top valley), in Northumberland.
Blanke Demographics
Average Male Blanke Height
176.8 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Blanke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blanke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blanke is found most in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Blanke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 50,167th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 712,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Blanke reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Blanke is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 7,446 people, or 1 in 10,812. In Germany Blanke is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 29 percent reside and Berlin, where 5 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.
Blanke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Blanke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blanke surname expanded 577 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Blanke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Blanke surname are 16.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.46% registered with the political party.
The amount Blanke earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29% less than the national average, earning 245,705 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 99.73% less than the national average, earning R 648 per year; in United States they earn 13.56% more than the national average, earning $49,002 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.37% less than the national average, earning $48,007 CAD per year.
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