Blaks Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Blaks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Blaks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Blaks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blaks occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blaks? popularity and diffusion

Blaks is the 5,391,485th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Blaks live; 46 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 40 percent reside, Illinois, where 20 percent reside and North Carolina, where 20 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 31 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 8 percent reside.

Blaks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blaks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Blaks surname decreased 44 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Blaks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blaks surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

Blaks earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.55% less than the national average, earning $23,925 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Blacks91327/
Bleaks913/
Blaiks911/
Bleakes8314/
Blackås838/
Blaikes831/
Black's831/
Blacksh831/
Bloks80660/
Bleks8041/
Blakz8018/
Blacs801/
Blaschks770/
Bleeks73223/
Blocks73169/
Blecks7318/
Bläcks738/
Blooks734/
Bloeks731/
Blacse730/
Blaggs730/
Blloks730/
Bloecks6750/
Blax6718/
Bleikss676/
Bloksch675/
Blockås671/
Blackce671/
Bleksch671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Blaks
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