Blackster Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Singapore

Blackster Surname Definition:

Blackster: a bleacher of linen. Also Blacker. Hence we have the names Blaxter, Blackister, Blake for Blaker. The same as the Whitster. Anglo-Saxon blac is white, but blaec is black.

Blackster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Blackster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Blackster: a bleacher of linen. Also Blacker. Hence we have the names Blaxter, Blackister, Blake for Blaker. The same as the Whitster. Anglo-Saxon blac is white, but blaec is black.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Blackster Last Name Facts

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

Blackster is found most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackster? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Blackster is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Blackster live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Blackster is most numerous in: California, where 20 percent live, Colorado, where 20 percent live and Kentucky, where 20 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 13 percent live.

Blackster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Blackster has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Blackster last name declined 76 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blackster Last Name Statistics demography

Blackster earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year.

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