Blakenship Surname

512,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 638 people bear this surname

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

Blakenship Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blakenship Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6371:569,00946,718
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Blakenship Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blakenship is most common in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Blakenship.

How Common Is The Last Name Blakenship? popularity and diffusion

It is the 512,152nd most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Blakenship live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 569,009. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Virginia, where 8 percent live and Tennessee, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Blakenship exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live.

Blakenship Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Blakenship has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Blakenship last name increased 2,359 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blakenship Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blakenship last name are 2.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.96% being registered with the party.

Blakenship earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.58% less than the national average, earning $28,228 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 Blakenship
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