The Bland surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,722 people carried this name — #1,315 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 25,219 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Bland.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Bland in American newspapers,
1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 449,772 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bland,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Bland d. 1825 · judge
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Esther Bland d. 1787 · actor
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William Bland d. 1945 · politician
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Edward Bland d. 1653 · businessperson
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Horce Bland d. 1918 · projectionist
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James Henry Bland d. 1916 · soldier
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bland.
- 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
- Blanco 31,800 · 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
- Blas 3,612 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bland is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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