The Blanco surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 31,800 people carried this name — #1,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,280 people counted. That is up 10% from 28,843 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Blanco surname
A surname transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English White, German Weiß, French Leblanc, Italian Bianchi, or Portuguese Branco.
From blanco (“white”), originally a nickname for a light-skinned man.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blanco» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 74,110 people named Blanco live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 939 people named Blanco.
392 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
927 people named Blanco live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
58 people named Blanco is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Blanco in American newspapers,
1891–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 217,235 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Blanco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Blanco 1570–1597 · Latin Catholic priest -
Pío Rodríguez Terrazo 1800–1872 · lawyer -
Juan Lucas Blanco 1820–1867 · matador -
José Blanco Coris 1862–1946 · teacher -
Carmen Blanco y Trigueros 1867–1921 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 257 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blanco.
- Blanche 1,325 · U.S. census
- Blancher 316 · U.S. census
- Blanchet 1,215 · U.S. census
- Blanchette 6,452 · U.S. census
- Blanck 1,071 · U.S. census
- Blancke 103 · U.S. census
- Bland 26,722 · U.S. census
- Blandin 773 · U.S. census
- Blandino 664 · U.S. census
- Blandy 123 · U.S. census
- Blank 13,050 · U.S. census
- Blaquiere 156 · U.S. census
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