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    The surname Blackburn

    An English place surname, carried by 39,097 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈblækbəːn/ 2 syllables Soundex B421

    Blackburn: #889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Blackburn #889, 39,097 people Blackburn: #889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blackburn #889, 39,097 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackburn is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Blackburn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 39,097 people named Blackburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,897 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 38,137.

    #889
    rank among US surnames
    39,097
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #826)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #880Mayer39,5557,805
    #881Bender39,5517,806
    #882Shepard39,4307,830
    #883McMahon39,4117,834
    #884Landry39,3917,838
    #885Case39,3197,852
    #886Sampson39,2777,861

    Who is named Blackburn

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Blackburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blackburns

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elizabeth Blackburn
      Australian-American biological researcher, born 1948
    • Marsha Blackburn
      American businesswoman and politician (born 1952)
    • Tyler Blackburn
      American actor, singer and model, born 1986
    • 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)

    Notable Blackburns come mostly from the United States (5), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Blackbourn
    • Blackburne

    Surnames that sound like Blackburn

    Blackburn has the Soundex code B421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B421.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blackburn come from?
    From Old English blæc (“dark”) + burna (“stream”).
    How common is the surname Blackburn?
    39,097 people in the United States had the surname Blackburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,897 Americans. It ranked 889th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blackburn?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Blackburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blackburn?
    Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biological researcher, followed by Marsha Blackburn.
    Where is the surname Blackburn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blackburn in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Blackburn?
    Blackburn is /ˈblækbəːn/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Blackburn?
    Blackburn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Blackburn getting more or less common?
    More common. 38,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,097 in 2010, up 2.5%.
    What are other spellings of Blackburn?
    Blackbourn and Blackburne.