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 is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blacking? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Blacking occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Blacking live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Blacking is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Blacking is most common in: Gauteng, where 60 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 20 percent are found and Limpopo, where 20 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 24 percent are found and Russia, where 24 percent are found.

Blacking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Blacking has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 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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