Blanco History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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From the historical and fascinating Italian region of Venice emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Blanco family. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adapt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, the nickname type of surname is also frequently found. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname Blanco came from a light-haired or light-complexioned person having derived from the Germanic word blank which means white.

Early Origins of the Blanco family

The surname Blanco was first found in northern Italy, in the modern territory of Emilia-Romagna. The earliest record of the Blanco family shows them in Bologna, where Martino Bianchi was a chancellor in 938 in Orvieto, one of the more prosperous cities of this time. Bianchi is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Early History of the Blanco family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blanco research. Another 31 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1350, 1447, 1460, 1510, 1581, 1590, 1604, 1612, 1656, 1657, 1662, 1679, 1729, 1752 and 1810 are included under the topic Early Blanco History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Blanco Spelling Variations

Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Blanco include Bianchs, Bianchis, Bianchiardi, Bianca, Biancani, Biancat, Biancato, Biancheda, Bianchedi, Bianchera, Biancheri, Bianchesi, Bianchessi, Bianchet, Bianchetti, Bianchetto, Bianchi, Bianchini, Bianchinotti, Bianciotti, Bianco, Biancoli, Biancolini, Bianconcini, Biancone, Bianconi, Biancotti, Biancotto, Biancucci, Blanc, Blanca, Blanco, DeBianchi, De Bianchi, Del Bianco, DelBianco, LaBianca, La Bianca and many more.

Early Notables of the Blanco family

Prominent among members of the family was Bianco da Siena, a religious poet and mystic born in Venice in 1350, who was also a composer of hymns; Francesco Ferrari Bianchi was born in Modena in 1460 and created dramatic religious paintings famous for their use of color; Isidoro Bianchi (1581-1662), was an Italian painter of the Baroque period; Bartolomeo Bianco (1590-1657), an Italian architect of the early Baroque; Francesco Bianchini (1662-1729), was an...
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Blanco World Ranking

In the United States, the name Blanco is the 1,474^th most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Blanco is ranked the 2,013^rd most popular surname with an estimated 3,103 people with that name. 2 And in South America, the name Blanco is the 16^th popular surname with an estimated 154 people with that name. 3

Blanco migration to the United States +

A search of the immigration and passenger lists has shown a number of people bearing the name Blanco:

Blanco Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Antonio Blanco, who arrived in New Granada in 1577
Lucas Blanco, who settled in emigrated to Peru in 1592

Blanco Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Domingo Blanco, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1803 4
Miguel Blanco, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1804 4
Pero Blanco, who arrived in America in 1811 4
D. Blanco who arrived in New Orleans in 1823
Bartholome Blanco, who arrived in New York in 1825 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Blanco (post 1700) +

Raymond Sindo Blanco (1935-2022), American academic administrator and football coach, First Gentleman of Louisiana from 2004 to 2008
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (1942-2019), American politician, 54th Governor of Louisiana from January 2004 to January 2008
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (b. 1942), American politician, Governor of Louisiana (2003-)
Hugo Blanco Galdós (1934-2023), Peruvian politician, Leader of the Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP, Campesino Confederation of Peru)
Dairon Alberto Blanco Joseph (1992-2020), Cuban footballer who played as a midfielder for the Cuba National Team (2012-2016)
Cecilia Caballero Blanco (1913-2019), Colombian socialite, First Lady (1974–1978)
Hugo Blanco (1940-2015), Venezuelan musician, best known for writing "Moliendo Café"
Henry Ramón Blanco (b. 1971), Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
Dámaso Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player
Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer
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Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
"List of most common surnames in South America." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_South_America
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)