Last Name BLANKS

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Meaning	The son of Blanch.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	5,384 (2000 US census)	4,978 (1990 US census)

Count	5,956 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

40.9%, or 2436 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
52.48%, or 3126 total occurrences, as black,
0.25%, or 15 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.42%, or 144 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.67%, or 159 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.28%, or 76 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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