Blackater Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Blackater Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Blackadder,' not far from the English border in Scotland. A river of that name also runs there. 'The lairds of Wedderburn, Black, adder, and West Nisbet,' 1545: Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, edited by Markham John Thorper (London: Longmans).

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Blackater Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Blackater Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Blackadder,' not far from the English border in Scotland. A river of that name also runs there. 'The lairds of Wedderburn, Black, adder, and West Nisbet,' 1545: Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, edited by Markham John Thorper (London: Longmans).

Adam Blacader, prior of Coldingham, 1524: ibid.

Patrick Blacater, 1559: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the lands of Blackadder on the stream of the same name in the Merse division of Berwickshire. Blakadir de eodem in the earldom of March in 1426. Adam of Blacathathir was one of those sent to conduct the envoys with Princess Cecilia's dower to Edinburgh in 1477 (Bain, IV, 1445), and Charles Blakater had a protection and safe conduct to travel in England in 1486 (ibid., IV, 1522). Robert Blackader was bishop of Glasgow at the end of the fifteenth century. Rolland Blaykatter, tenant in the barony of Glasgow in 1521 may be the Roland Blacadyr who appears as subdean of Glasgow in 1524 (Rental; REG., 495), and Thomas Blacater was bailie of the Commendator of Coldingham in 1557 (Home, p. 206). The name was common in Lanarkshire in the sixteenth century, and the Blacaters or Blackadders of Tulliallan in Perthshire (from which they were dispossessed in 1632) were an offshoot from the Border family. Blacader 1510, Blacadur 1550, Blacadyr 1524, Blackatour 1615, Blackatter 1626, Blackattir 1575, Blackeder 1707, Blacketer 1697, Blaikader 1611, Blakadir 1544, Blakadyr 1503, Blaketter 1542, Blakiter 1563, Blakytar (in Workman's MS.), Blekater 1595. Other old forms of the name are: Blacatar, Blaikater, Blaiketter, Blakatar, and Bleakader.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A probable corruption of Blackater, a river in the south of Scotland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

BLACKADAR: See Blackadder. The lands of B., where the family anciently dwelt, are in Berwickshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Blackater Last Name Facts

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

Blackater is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackater? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 14,316,765th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Blackater are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. In The United States Blackater is mostly found in: Texas, where 100 percent live.

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