Blacking Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Blacking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blacking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Blacking Last Name Facts

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

Blacking occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Blacking click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blacking? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Blacking live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in British Isles.

Blacking is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Blacking is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 60 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 20 percent are found and Limpopo, where 20 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 24 percent are found and Russia, where 24 percent are found.

Blacking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blacking has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Blacking last name contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blacking Last Name Statistics demography

Blacking earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.68% less than the national average, earning R 131,460 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blaking934/
Blecking8891/
Bleaking8816/
Blocking889/
Blayking881/
Blackink880/
Blakng861/
Bleaching826/
Bloking8050/
Bleking801/
Blakeng800/
Bloching75586/
Blekking757/
Blekkingh7122/
Bleiching716/
Blokeng6710/
Blaqinc671/
Blekkink63205/
Blaskenk630/
Blekkenk5045/

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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 Blacking
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