The Blalock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,493 people carried this name — #3,145 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 11,234 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Blalock surname

Variant of Blacklock.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blalock» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Blalock in American newspapers,
1888–1930.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Blalock
The Topeka State Journal 1908-06-12
Newspaper page from Wichita Eagle carrying the name Blalock
Wichita Eagle 1888-05-03
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Blalock
La Opinión 1930-10-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,803 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Blalock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nelson Gales Blalock
    Nelson Gales Blalock 1836–1913 · physician
  • Shirl Blalock 1886–1959 · civil servant
  • Alfred Blalock 1899–1964 · physician
  • Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. 1926–1991 · sociologist
  • Roger Blalock 1946–2012 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blalock,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States591 records

591 records of the Blalock name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 448
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank B. Blalock

    Born 1908 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bragg; blacksmith from Wake County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Raleigh National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Hilton Blalock

    Born 1937; from Liberty, Mississippi. U.S. Army, ammunition supply officer; killed in action 1968 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wiliam Blalock

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Harvest Queen from Liverpool, aged 23; farmer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 591 records for Blalock in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Blalock name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Blalock

    Died 1971; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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