The Blais surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,718 people carried this name — #6,017 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,463 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,773 people named Blais.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Blais in American newspapers,
1897–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,424 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Blais,
with a public archive behind them.
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Narcisse Blais 1812–1888 · politician -
Giuseppe Francesco Blais 1823–1889 · civil servant -
André-Albert Blais 1842–1919 · Catholic priest -
Aristide Blais 1875–1964 · physician -
François Blais 1875–1949 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 135 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blais.
- Black 154,738 · U.S. census
- Blaes 312 · U.S. census
- Blaess 180 · U.S. census
- Blagojevic 335 · U.S. census
- Blain 4,764 · U.S. census
- Blaire 248 · U.S. census
- Blaise 2,407 · U.S. census
- Blaising 135 · U.S. census
- Blaize 574 · U.S. census
- Blake 73,797 · U.S. census
- Blan 708 · U.S. census
- Blanc 3,352 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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