Explore the Family Name Blahut

The meaning of Blahut

Czech; Slovak (mainly Blahút): from a short form of any of the personal names Blahoslav, Blahomil, or Blažej; see Blaha.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Blahut has seen a slight decrease over a decade. In 2000, it had a rank of 45,308 which dropped to 47,614 in 2010, marking a decline of 5.09%. Despite this change in ranking, the count of people with the Blahut name remained steady at 445 from 2000 to 2010. Moreover, the proportion of individuals with the Blahut surname per 100k people also experienced a small decrease of around 6.25%, going down from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.15 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,308	#47,614	-5.09%
Count	445	445	0%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.15	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Blahut

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the surname Blahut as provided by the Decennial U.S. Census, there is a significant predominance of White ethnicity. In 2000, about 95.06% of those bearing the Blahut surname identified as White, increasing slightly to 95.73% in 2010. The percentage of people of Hispanic ethnicity with this surname saw a modest rise of 11.39%, going from 2.02% in 2000 to 2.25% in 2010. The data shows a small presence of individuals who identify with two or more races, however, this group witnessed a decrease from 1.80% to 1.57% over the ten-year period. There were no reported cases of individuals with Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities holding the Blahut surname during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.06%	95.73%	0.7%
Hispanic	2.02%	2.25%	11.39%
Two or More Races	1.8%	1.57%	-12.78%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%