Blanshard Surname

406,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Blanshard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Blanchard.' Old French llanchart, whitish. A sobriquet of complexion, and probably used as a fontal name. It was used as the name for a white horse; compare Bayard, for a bay horse.

'Uppon my stede blanchard thu ridest here.

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Blanshard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5581:99,85310,553
South Africa721:752,46852,376
Canada661:558,26746,632
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Australia461:586,86342,409
New Zealand391:116,11114,715
France81:8,302,840321,660
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Malta11:430,2723,380
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3581:68,0887,729
Scotland111:340,29210,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Blanshard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Blanchard.' Old French llanchart, whitish. A sobriquet of complexion, and probably used as a fontal name. It was used as the name for a white horse; compare Bayard, for a bay horse.

'Uppon my stede blanchard thu ridest here.' c. 1440, Generydes (H.E.D).

Nicholas Blaunchard, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

Gilbert Blanchard, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

William Blamchard (sic), Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Blaunchard, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Reginald Blanchard, Yorkshire, ibid.

Robert Blaunchard, Lincolnshire , ibid.

Willelmus Blaunchard, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Elena Blaunchard, 1379: ibid.

1587. Buried — Ann Blanket: Kensington Church.

This last form is imitative, and still lives.

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

For Blanchard, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cotgrave says, "an order of Friers, who goe ordinarily in white sheets." It had most likely a wider application, to any person who affected white raiment. See Jamieson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The name of Blanchard or Blanshard, which also occurs in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, has long been in the county of Lincoln. John Blauncherde of Lowthe gave £25 for the defence of his country at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Long before this, in the reign of Edward I., we find the name of Blaunchard in the county (H. R.); in the reign of Henry III. the name also occurred in Wilts (H. R.), and, in fact, Blanchard or Blaunchard is also an old Wiltshire name, occurring in the hundred of Warminster in the 16th century (Hoare's "Wiltshire").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Blanshard Last Name Facts

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

Blanshard (Russian: Бланшард) is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blanshard? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 406,240th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,454,230 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Blanshard are found; 66 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in British Isles.

Blanshard is most widely held in England, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 99,853. In England it is most numerous in: South Yorkshire, where 12 percent are found, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 9 percent are found and Cumbria, where 8 percent are found. Aside from England it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Blanshard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Blanshard has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Blanshard last name grew 156 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 850 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blanshard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Blanshard last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Blanshard earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 181.85% more than the national average, earning R 669,792 per year; in United States they earn 1.21% more than the national average, earning $43,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.17% more than the national average, earning $57,719 CAD per year.

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Blanshard Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Blanshard in the Russian language
Бланшардblansard-

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