Blakwood Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Costa Rica
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Blakwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Blakwood 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
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Blakwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Blakwood is found most in Costa Rica. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Blakwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blakwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Blakwood live; 60 percent live in Central America and 60 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

Blakwood is most widely held in Costa Rica, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 796,678. In Costa Rica Blakwood is most prevalent in: Alajuela Province, where 50 percent are found and Limón Province, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Costa Rica it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Blakwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Blakwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 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
Blackwood9426,336/
Blakcwood941/
Blacwood888/
Blackwod884/
Blaskwod880/
Blockwood8230/
Blackwwod827/
Blackwodd827/
Blookwood824/
Bleekwood821/
Blockwoud711/
Blackwatch5622/
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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 Blakwood
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