Blackshield Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

Blackshield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Blackshield Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Blackshield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blackshield occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Blackshield click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackshield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Blackshield reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most widespread in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Blackshield is primarily concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 33 percent are found, Essex, where 33 percent are found and Rutland, where 33 percent are found. Other than England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 33 percent are found and Ireland, where 17 percent are found.

Blackshield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blackshield has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blackshields9659/
Blockshield9121/
Blokzijl531,604/
Blaxhult536/

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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 Blackshield
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