The Blount surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,878 people carried this name — #1,803 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 18,882 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blount surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘the blonde’.

An early record he cites: Henry Blowe, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 112 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

99 families named Blount, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 565 people lived in those households, 5.7 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

North Carolina 46
New Hampshire 10
Virginia 9
Maryland 8
South Carolina 6
Maine 5
New York 4
Vermont 3
Connecticut 3
Pennsylvania 3
Massachusetts 2

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

Blount in American newspapers,
1911–1930.

Newspaper page from Courier Democrat carrying the name Blount
Courier Democrat 1911-08-03
Newspaper page from The Gary American carrying the name Blount
The Gary American 1930-09-06
Newspaper page from Courier Democrat carrying the name Blount
Courier Democrat 1911-08-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Blount in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

2,601 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blount. The most, 454, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 885
New South Wales 548
Queensland 417
Western Australia 328
South Australia 197
Tasmania 140
ACT (Canberra) 55
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blount.

Who carried it

People named Blount,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard Blount d. 1564 · politician
  • Thomas Blount d. 1568 · politician
  • John Blount d. 1423 · politician
  • Richard Blount d. 1628 · politician
  • Richard Blount d. 1628 · politician
  • Richard Blount d. 1556 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blount,
in the records of 5 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 States1,092 records

1,092 records of the Blount name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 593
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 295
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 101
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 40
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 33
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward R. Blount

    Born 1921 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Lafayette; sales clerk from Allen Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Community Cemetery, Oakdale, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Blount

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 58; servant. From England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John William Blount

    Born 1949; from Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of illness 1970 in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,092 records for Blount in the United States.

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

Australia65 records

65 records of the Blount name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 24
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Blount

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Marion, sailing from London in 1845. Native of Herefordshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Saml R. Blount

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the South Carolina, aged 40; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Enoch Blount

    Builder of Mildura, Victoria; died 1927.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 65 records for Blount in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); 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).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Blount name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isabel Fern Blount

    Died 1956, aged 57; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James Blount

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Gladys Dora Blount

    Born 1909 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 14 records for Blount in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Blount name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Blount

    Issex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. T. Blount

    Shropshire Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 8 records for Blount in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Blount name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Webster Blount

    Died 1814 in Den Haag, aged 75.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Blount in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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