Popularity of the last name by country
United States
- Louisiana (4,258)
- California (1,307)
- New York (1,076)
- Illinois (551)
- Massachusetts (547)
- Maryland (514)
- Pennsylvania (389)
- Colorado (356)
- Michigan (272)
- Missouri (254)
- Virginia (183)
- New Jersey (169)
- Texas (137)
- Minnesota (136)
- Ohio (136)
- Montana (113)
- Connecticut (110)
- Wisconsin (91)
- Indiana (84)
- Kansas (84)
- Washington (78)
- Maine (73)
- Mississippi (60)
- North Carolina (55)
- Florida (54)
- Iowa (48)
- Utah (47)
- Tennessee (46)
- Idaho (44)
- Vermont (43)
- Nebraska (41)
- Alabama (40)
- Oregon (40)
- Arizona (33)
- Kentucky (33)
- South Carolina (32)
- South Dakota (32)
- Georgia (30)
- West Virginia (24)
- Hawaii (22)
- North Dakota (22)
- Nevada (16)
- New Mexico (16)
- Arkansas (8)
- New Hampshire (8)
- Oklahoma (8)
- Wyoming (7)
- Rhode Island (6)
- Alaska (2)
- Delaware (2)
All countries
- France (2,374,075)
- Switzerland (39,019)
- United States (12,955)
- Netherlands (9,803)
- Algeria (9,472)
- Canada (8,788)
- Spain (4,387)
- United Kingdom (4,303)
- Italy (4,084)
- 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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