Blackstock Surname

68,638th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Blackstock Surname Definition:

Of local origin from some small place of the name which I cannot find. Blakstok of that Ilk appears in Workman's MS. (date of MS. is c. 1565—1566), but "the name is rarely met with, and no family owning lands of the same name has been met with" (Stodart, II, p.

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Blackstock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4291:81,8389,304
Jamaica8971:3,199475
Canada6071:60,7017,138
England5501:101,30610,665
Australia2501:107,98312,061
Scotland2051:26,1162,832
South Africa1191:455,27538,276
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Northern Ireland601:30,7513,176
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Wales61:515,75523,171
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Montserrat21:2,474299
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1341:33,0593,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3011:12,4361,485
England1301:187,50315,253
Wales101:156,8426,008
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5321:94,3969,653

Blackstock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Of local origin from some small place of the name which I cannot find. Blakstok of that Ilk appears in Workman's MS. (date of MS. is c. 1565—1566), but "the name is rarely met with, and no family owning lands of the same name has been met with" (Stodart, II, p. 116). William Blackstok witnessed a notarial instrument of 1517 (Soltre, p. 89), William Blackstock was appointed clerk of court in 1524 (Home, 34), John Blakstok held a tenement in Edinburgh in 1549 (Laing, 553), and one hundred and fifty years later Agnes Blackstock held a tenement in the same city (ibid., 2974). John Blakstok signed the Band of Dumfries in 1570 (RPC., XIV, p. 66), James Blackstok was a tenant of Andrew Hay of Craignethan in 1659 (Diary, p. 11, S.H.S. ed.), John Blackstock was merchant in Dumfries, 1641 (Dumfries), Robert Blackstock was tenant in the barony of Mousewall (Mousewald) in 1673 (PSAS., XXIII, p. 74), and John Blackstocks was burgess of Peebles in 1689 (RPC., 3. ser. XIII, p. 504). David Blackstocks was appointed constable in Littleclyde in 1712 (Minutes, p. 126), William Blackstock was tanner in Minigaff in 1767 (Wigtown), and Robert Blackstock, shoemaker in Dumfries in 1738, and nine more of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Dumfries. According to Gilbert Bums, a Miss Jane Blackstock was the heroine of his brother s 'O Poortith Cauld.'.

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

(English) Dweller by a Black (Tree-) Stump. [Old English blæc + stocc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Places in Sussex and other counties.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Blackstock Last Name Facts

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

Blackstock is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Blackstock? popularity and diffusion

It is the 68,638th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,007,263 people. The surname Blackstock is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Blackstock reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Blackstock is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,429 people, or 1 in 81,838. In The United States Blackstock is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 18 percent are found, Texas, where 18 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Blackstock occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Blackstock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Blackstock has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blackstock last name rose 833 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 423 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 32 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 40 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Blackstock Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Blackstock surname is predominantly Presbyterian (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Blackstock surname are 21.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.09% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Blackstock earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.2% more than the national average, earning R 392,568 per year; in United States they earn 2.1% less than the national average, earning $42,245 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $51,196 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blackstocks959/
Blacstock954/
Blackstocck951/
Blakstock951/
Blackstok950/
Blockstock9010/
Blackstack901/
Blakcstock901/
Vlackstock901/
Bladkstock901/

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