Popularity of the last name by country
France
- Bouches-du-Rhône (300,881)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (209,721)
- Rhône (189,044)
- Gard (115,737)
- Paris (95,460)
- Ain (87,402)
- Savoie (84,027)
- Var (80,510)
- Isère (73,084)
- Tarn (58,694)
- Hautes-Alpes (58,616)
- Vaucluse (55,551)
- Ardèche (55,068)
- Haute-Savoie (52,201)
- Aveyron (50,572)
- Jura (50,252)
- Drôme (44,109)
- Aude (42,369)
- Haute-Loire (39,821)
- Puy-de-Dôme (38,708)
- Alpes-Maritimes (37,143)
- Tarn-et-Garonne (33,790)
- Hérault (32,077)
- Pyrénées-Orientales (29,964)
- Loire (29,558)
- Saône-et-Loire (25,861)
- Allier (22,541)
- Charente (20,462)
- Lozère (20,444)
- Vienne (19,922)
- Dordogne (19,737)
- Cantal (17,398)
- Haute-Garonne (17,275)
- Haute-Saône (16,878)
- Territoire de Belfort (16,082)
- Gironde (15,117)
- Morbihan (14,359)
- Doubs (13,742)
- Côtes-d'Armor (13,068)
- Calvados (9,926)
- Aube (8,847)
- Aisne (8,644)
- Indre (8,315)
- Moselle (8,020)
- Deux-Sèvres (6,276)
- Nord (6,267)
- Yvelines (6,204)
- Eure (6,057)
- Finistère (6,055)
- Mayenne (5,716)
- Hauts-de-Seine (5,713)
- Lot (5,697)
- Meuse (5,685)
- Haute-Vienne (5,604)
- Seine-et-Marne (5,577)
- Charente-Maritime (5,568)
- Somme (5,528)
- Seine-Saint-Denis (5,329)
- Seine-Maritime (5,052)
- Corrèze (5,009)
All countries
- France (2,374,201)
- Switzerland (39,033)
- United States (12,955)
- Netherlands (9,803)
- Algeria (9,473)
- 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 (692)
- 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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