# Blackburn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blackburn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,097 |
| US rank (2010) | 889 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,897 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (38,137 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈblækbəːn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Blackbourn, Blackburne |

## Etymology

From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blackburn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blackburn in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Blackburn

- Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biological researcher
- Marsha Blackburn, American businesswoman and politician (born 1952)
- Tyler Blackburn, American actor, singer and model
- Luke Pryor Blackburn, American physician and governor of Kentucky (1816–1887)
- Jemima Blackburn, British artist (1823-1909)
- Doris Blackburn, Australian political activist, legislator (1889–1970)
- Reid Blackburn, American photographer (1952-1980)
- J. C. S. Blackburn, American politician (1838-1918)
- Thomas Blackburn, Australian entomologist (1844-1912)
- Arthur Blackburn, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (1892-1960)
- Fred Blackburn, British association football player (1879-1951)

## Similar surnames

Blackford, Balasubramanian.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.