Explore the Family Name Blasingame

The meaning of Blasingame

English: variant of Bletchingdon, a habitational name from a place so called in Oxfordshire, named with the Old English personal name Blecci + -ing-, implying association, + don ‘hill’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Blasingame" experienced a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 12,495 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, its rank had dropped to 13,545—a decrease of 8.4%. Similarly, the count of individuals with this surname also saw a minor reduction, from 2,276 in 2000 to 2,238 in 2010, marking a 1.67% decrease. As a result, the proportion of individuals with the Blasingame surname per 100k population fell by 9.52%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,495	#13,545	-8.4%
Count	2,276	2,238	-1.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.84	0.76	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Blasingame

The ethnic identity distribution associated with the Blasingame surname also shifted during this ten-year period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 50.94%, and those reporting two or more races grew by 26.38%. The proportion of people with the Blasingame surname who identify as White declined by 3.81%, while those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 132.28%. The proportion of individuals who identified as Black increased slightly by 7.75%. The only ethnicity that saw a decrease was American Indian and Alaskan Native, which dropped by 32.08%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.52%	80.34%	-3.81%
Black	12.52%	13.49%	7.75%
Hispanic	1.27%	2.95%	132.28%
Two or More Races	1.63%	2.06%	26.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.53%	0.8%	50.94%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.53%	0.36%	-32.08%