Blackiston Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Blackiston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blackiston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4301:842,92864,333
England421:1,326,62059,571
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1501:334,79125,907

Blackiston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blackiston is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackiston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 628,294th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Blackiston are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 842,928. In The United States Blackiston is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 41 percent live, Delaware, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Blackiston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blackiston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Blackiston last name rose 287 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 124 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blackiston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Blackiston last name are 7.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.74% registered with the political party.

Blackiston earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.12% more than the national average, earning $44,496 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blakiston95305/
Blackistone95111/
Blakistone9026/
Blackeston900/
Blaskiston900/
Bleckiston900/
Blackestone860/
Blakeston84513/
Blakestone8016/
Blochiston801/
Blackestam707/

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Blackiston Reference & Research

Blackstone DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Blackstone FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Blackiston
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis