How common is the surname Blackley?

1,008 people in the United States had the surname Blackley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blackley?

Travis Blackley, Australian baseball player.

Where is the surname Blackley most common?

Wikidata records people named Blackley in Australia.

Is the surname Blackley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, down 5.3%.

The surname Blackley

A surname, carried by 1,008 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B424

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackley is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Blakeley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,008 people named Blackley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,064.

#24,736

rank among US surnames

1,008

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-5.3%

change since 2000 (was #22,555)

Who is named Blackley

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

82% of people named Blackley identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blackleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Travis Blackley
Australian baseball player, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blackley

Blackley has the Soundex code B424, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B424.

Questions

Where does the surname Blackley come from?: Variant of Blakeley.
How common is the surname Blackley?: 1,008 people in the United States had the surname Blackley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blackley?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Blackley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blackley?: Travis Blackley, Australian baseball player.
Where is the surname Blackley most common?: Wikidata records people named Blackley in Australia.
Is the surname Blackley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, down 5.3%.