# Blackett (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 605 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,900 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 510,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.3% (646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blackett 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) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Similar surnames

Blackwood, Blackstone, Blackstock, Blackston, Ballesteros, Blaisdell, Bolster, Blystone, Balistreri, Bolstad, Ballester.

## 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.