Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Baden Wurttemberg (836)
- Berlin (520)
- Hessen (307)
- Bayern (269)
- Rheinland Pfalz (237)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (182)
- Brandenburg (113)
- Sachsen (90)
- Hamburg (68)
- Niedersachsen (63)
- Saarland (60)
- Thuringen (29)
- Bremen (11)
- Sachsen Anhalt (8)
- Schleswig Holstein (7)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (6)
All countries
- France (2,373,912)
- Switzerland (39,018)
- United States (12,955)
- Netherlands (9,803)
- Algeria (9,472)
- Canada (8,788)
- Spain (4,388)
- United Kingdom (4,303)
- Italy (4,085)
- Belgium (3,738)
- Germany (3,470)
- Unknown country (1,666)
- Luxembourg (1,457)
- New Zealand (1,334)
- Morocco (1,102)
- Argentina (900)
- Monaco (897)
- Viet Nam (691)
- Tunisia (670)
- Sweden (669)
- Martinique (592)
- Australia (583)
- New Caledonia (572)
- Guadeloupe (459)
- Ireland (397)
- Turkey (327)
- Indonesia (318)
- Austria (270)
- Réunion (267)
- Mauritius (235)
- Trinidad and Tobago (232)
- Chile (221)
- Russian Federation (220)
- Egypt (218)
- Poland (196)
- Mexico (167)
- Portugal (152)
- India (131)
- Madagascar (127)
- Haiti (125)
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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