Last Name BLANCHE

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Meaning	The son of Blanche. Sometimes, no doubt, a nickname answering to ENglish 'White.'

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, French, Irish, Creole, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	20,960 (2000 US census)	12,270 (1990 US census)

Count	1,169 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

57.83%, or 676 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
30.37%, or 355 total occurrences, as black,
3.08%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.11%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.88%, or 22 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
5.73%, or 67 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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