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    The surname Blacklock

    An English nickname surname, carried by 1,011 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B424

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

    Origin

    English origin

    A nickname for someone with dark hair, from Middle English blāk (“black”) + lok (“lock, tuft of hair”).

    Blacklock is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 1,011 people named Blacklock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 971.

    #24,685
    rank among US surnames
    1,011
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,200)

    Who is named Blacklock

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

    86% of people named Blacklock identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Blacklock

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blacklock come from?
    A nickname for someone with dark hair, from Middle English blāk (“black”) + lok (“lock, tuft of hair”).
    How common is the surname Blacklock?
    1,011 people in the United States had the surname Blacklock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. It ranked 24,685th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blacklock?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Blacklock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Blacklock?
    Blacklock is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Blacklock getting more or less common?
    More common. 971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,011 in 2010, up 4.1%.
    What are other spellings of Blacklock?
    Blalack and Blalock.