The Blanton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,154 people carried this name — #1,478 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 23,665 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Blanton surname
Unexplained; perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blanton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
21 families named Blanton, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 125 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 230 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Blanton in American newspapers,
1907–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 48,729 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Blanton in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.
1,518 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blanton. The most, 288, date from the 1920s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 3.0 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blanton.
Who carried it
People named Blanton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas L. Blanton 1872–1957 · judge -
Thadd H. Blanton 1919–1961 -
Franklin S. Blanton d. 2004 · botanical collector
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Sophia Anne Blanton d. 1879
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Joshua Enoch Blanton 1880–1970
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Smiley Blanton 1882–1966 · psychiatrist
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Blanton,
in the records of 3 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 States1,230 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 883
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 296
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 11
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record James Lee BlantonBorn 1946; from Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Army, medical equipment repairer; killed in action 1969 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Vennis R. BlantonBorn 1919 in Florida. Enlisted 1941 at Camp Blanding; salesperson from Suwannee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Florida.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thos BlantonArrived at New York in 1849 aboard the Sarah Sands from Liverpool, aged 38; carpenter. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
Showing 3 of 1,230 records for Blanton in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia45 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
- Tasmanian Names Index 8
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thomas BlantonArrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Themis, aged 25; English.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Thomas BlantonCarpenter of Carlton, Victoria; died 1889.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Catherine BlantonMarried 1894 in Strahan, Tasmania, aged 37.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 45 records for Blanton in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Canada4 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Thomas BlantonBuried in 1903 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Margaret BlantonBuried in 1895 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Sarah BlantonBuried in 1873 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
Showing 3 of 4 records for Blanton in Canada.
Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blanton.
- Blandin 773 · U.S. census
- Blandino 664 · U.S. census
- Blandy 123 · U.S. census
- Blank 13,050 · U.S. census
- Blankenship 43,830 · U.S. census
- Blanks 6,229 · U.S. census
- Blaquiere 156 · U.S. census
- Blas 3,612 · U.S. census
- Blasco 1,044 · U.S. census
- Blaser 2,931 · U.S. census
- Blasi 1,524 · U.S. census
- Blasquez 218 · U.S. census
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