Last Name BLAND

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Bland, one of the four hamlets of which the town of Sedburgh, county Yorks, is comprised.
Mild, gentle, smooth.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 1,286 (2000 US census) 1,028 (1990 US census)
Count 25,219 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 62.48%, or 15757 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 33.56%, or 8463 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 83 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.42%, or 106 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.71%, or 431 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.49%, or 376 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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