Blanton
English
Etymology
Unexplained; perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.
Proper noun
Blanton (countable and uncountable, plural Blantons)
- A surname.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Lowndes County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Blanton is the 1478th 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.