The Blanche surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,169 people carried this name — #20,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,430 people named Blanche.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14

Paris 217

Mayenne 124

Sarthe 112

Bas-Rhin 97

Morbihan 66

Seine-Maritime 56

Aisne 36

Guadeloupe 33

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Blanche live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 19

Geneva 14

Fribourg 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 29 people named Blanche live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 22

Hainaut 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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