Blackam Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Blackam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blackam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia341:793,99150,673
England91:6,190,895170,599
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Blackam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Blackam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Blackam is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Blackam.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,580,327th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. Blackam occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Blackam live; 75 percent live in Australasia and 75 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 793,991. In Australia Blackam is mostly concentrated in: Victoria, where 82 percent reside, New South Wales, where 15 percent reside and Queensland, where 3 percent reside. Not including Australia Blackam exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent reside and New Zealand, where 14 percent reside.

Blackam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blackam has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Blackam surname contracted 31 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blackam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Blackam
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