Popularity of the last name by country
Belgium
- Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad (758)
- Hainaut (503)
- West-Vlaanderen (459)
- Liège (295)
- Antwerpen (244)
- Namur (169)
- Oost-Vlaanderen (167)
- Luxembourg (156)
- Brabant wallon (139)
- Vlaams-Brabant (109)
- Limburg (25)
All countries
- France (2,405,533)
- Switzerland (39,076)
- United States (12,942)
- Netherlands (9,834)
- Algeria (9,473)
- Canada (8,832)
- Spain (4,397)
- United Kingdom (4,309)
- Italy (4,102)
- Belgium (3,605)
- Germany (3,467)
- Unknown country (1,666)
- Luxembourg (1,454)
- New Zealand (1,334)
- Morocco (1,086)
- Monaco (893)
- Argentina (814)
- Viet Nam (690)
- Sweden (669)
- Tunisia (651)
- Martinique (598)
- Australia (580)
- New Caledonia (577)
- Guadeloupe (455)
- Ireland (397)
- Turkey (327)
- Indonesia (318)
- Austria (269)
- Réunion (269)
- Mauritius (235)
- Russian Federation (220)
- Egypt (219)
- Poland (196)
- Trinidad and Tobago (195)
- Mexico (165)
- Portugal (145)
- India (131)
- Madagascar (129)
- Haiti (125)
- Greece (107)
Origine of last name
BLANC : 1: French and Catalan: descriptive nickname for a man with light blond hair or a pale complexion from Old French Catalan blanc ‘white’. Compare French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Deblanc">Deblanc</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leblanc">Leblanc</a> and also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Blan">Blan</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/White">White</a>.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Blank">Blank</a>.3: English (southern): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Blank">Blank</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Blong">Blong</a>.4: West Indian (mainly Haiti): nickname possibly ironic of the same origin as 1 above. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leblanc">Leblanc</a>.
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