Blanton

English

Etymology

Unexplained; perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.

Proper noun

Blanton (countable and uncountable, plural Blantons)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blanton is the 1478^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24154 individuals. Blanton is most common among White (84.03%) and Black/African American (11.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blanton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 170.