Blackman Surname

15,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Blackman Surname Definition:

From the Old English personal name Blaecmon. This name is found in the genealogy of the kings of Bernicia, 765; and in the Durham Liber Vitae in the ninth century. In DB. it occurs as Blackman and Blacheman.

Blackman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,4151:18,6692,350
England6,8031:8,1901,203
Australia2,8021:9,6341,440
Barbados1,5911:18127
Canada1,1781:31,2784,074
Trinidad and Tobago1,0081:1,353199
Guyana5461:1,396235
New Zealand4361:10,3861,805
Panama2571:15,2231,145
South Africa2361:229,56723,799
Wales2181:14,1951,564
Jamaica1921:14,9481,441
Suriname1341:4,124860
Scotland1001:53,5384,539
Grenada991:1,096205
Brazil821:2,610,66378,641
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632
Netherlands651:259,80332,877
Venezuela621:487,1639,407
Saint Lucia581:3,082475
United States Virgin Islands501:2,208388
Thailand491:1,441,599197,614
Ecuador421:378,7119,777
Northern Ireland411:45,0013,962
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Antigua and Barbuda381:2,610406
Malta361:11,952723
Japan311:4,124,00936,900
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Cayman Islands261:2,457306
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
France181:3,690,151224,666
Saint Kitts and Nevis181:3,067419
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Sweden151:656,45048,545
British Virgin Islands131:2,430298
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Dominica61:12,648426
Turks and Caicos Islands61:5,722548
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Belize21:177,7373,502
China21:683,660,78330,601
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,5861:6,7971,050
Wales571:27,5161,557
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6631:8,8681,135

Blackman (128) may also be a first name.

Blackman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Old English personal name Blaecmon. This name is found in the genealogy of the kings of Bernicia, 765; and in the Durham Liber Vitae in the ninth century. In DB. it occurs as Blackman and Blacheman.

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

= Black (q.v.) + man. A Blæcman was one of the early members of the royal family of Bernicia.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Blaecman or Blacman (dark man), a not uncommon Early English name.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A baptismal name originally derived from the personal quality of a dark complexion. It is common in Anglo-Saxon charters, and several persons called Blacheman and Blachemannus occur in Domesd. as holders antecedently to the making of that survey. One of these is in Kent, where there is a parish called Blackmanstone, which may have been named after him.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Weekley calls this "a pure nickname of mediaeval origin’; but it seems to have been a personal name even in Saxon times, as it forms part of a Kent parish—Blackmanstone— and as late as 1279 we find Blakeman Brid and John Fitzblakeman. Possibly it represents Plegmund

Surnames (1917) by Walter Parry Haskett-Smith

Blackman Last Name Facts

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

Blackman is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Blackman is the 15,437th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 201,776 people. The surname Blackman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Blackman live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 821,896th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 128 people.

Blackman is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 19,415 people, or 1 in 18,669. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 12 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 105 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Blackman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Blackman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blackman surname increased 343 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 190 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 382 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 25 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Blackman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Blackman last name is chiefly Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Blackman surname are 0.029999999999994% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.2% being registered with the political party.

The amount Blackman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.5% more than the national average, earning 410,099 kr per year; in Peru they earn 474.24% more than the national average, earning S/. 111,316 per year; in South Africa they earn 47.94% more than the national average, earning R 351,552 per year; in United States they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning $43,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.13% more than the national average, earning $51,734 CAD per year.

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Blackman Reference & Research

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

Blackmon 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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