Last Name BLENCOWE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Blencowe, a township in the parish of Greystoke, county Cumberland. The corruption into Blinko, found in the London Directory, is explained by instances in London church registers.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 104,819 (2000 US census)
Count 158 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.34%, or 138 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.96%, or 11 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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