Blackshear Surname

97,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,846 people bear this surname

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

Blackshear Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blackshear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8311:75,0288,608
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7331:68,5117,435

Blackshear (13) may also be a first name.

Blackshear Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blackshear occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackshear? popularity and diffusion

The last name Blackshear is the 97,886th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,503,827 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Blackshear live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.

Blackshear is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 4,831 people, or 1 in 75,028. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 23 percent are found, Georgia, where 19 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States Blackshear is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.

Blackshear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blackshear has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blackshear surname expanded 659 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blackshear Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blackshear surname are 2.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.83% registered with the party.

Blackshear earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.81% less than the national average, earning $38,916 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Blackshear
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