How Many People Have the Last Name Blessing?
people had the surname Blessing in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 56,180 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+172 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Blessing (93.7%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Blessing ranks #4,956. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 96% to 93.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Blessing grew from 5,091 people in 2000 to 5,263 in 2010 (up 3.4%), and its rank fell from #6,193 to #6,449. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 1.89 to 1.78 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 5,091 | 5,263 |
| Rank | #6,193 | #6,449 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.89 | 1.78 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Blessing
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Blessing: B425
👤 Blessing as a First Name
Blessing is a first name too: about 4,834 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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