Explore the Family Name Bladen

The meaning of Bladen

English: habitational name from Bladon in Oxfordshire, Bladon in Derbyshire, or Blaydon in Tyne and Wear (formerly in County Durham). The first takes its name from a pre-English name (of uncertain origin and meaning) of the Evenlode river; the second is named with Old English blāw ‘cold’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’; the third is named with Old Norse blár ‘cold’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’.

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How common is the last name Bladen in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bladen has seen a decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Bladen ranked 30,352 in popularity and had around 727 occurrences per 100,000 people. However, by 2010, its rank dropped to 35,203 and the count of occurrences fell to approximately 640 per 100,000 people. This represents a decrease of nearly 16% in rank and roughly 12% in frequency.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,352	#35,203	-15.98%
Count	727	640	-11.97%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.22	-18.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bladen

In terms of ethnicity, the Census data reveals some shifts for individuals with the Bladen surname. The percentage of Bladen individuals identifying as White increased slightly from 81.84% in 2000 to 83.59% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as Black decreased from 13.48% to 10.94%. There was also a noticeable increase of about 42% in those identifying as Hispanic, though they still made up a small proportion of the total. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races slightly decreased, while there were no recorded individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	81.84%	83.59%	2.14%
Black	13.48%	10.94%	-18.84%
Two or More Races	2.2%	2.03%	-7.73%
Hispanic	1.1%	1.56%	41.82%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%