# Blackman (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,278 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,535 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,624 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (13,897 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blackman 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) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blackman in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

## People named Blackman

- Honor Blackman, British actress
- Nick Blackman, Barbadian-English footballer
- Joan Blackman, American actress
- Cindy Blackman, American musician
- Malorie Blackman, British author, Children's Laureate
- Frederick Blackman, British botanist (1866–1947)
- Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler
- Charles Blackman, Australian artist (1928-2018)

## Similar surnames

Blackmon, Blakeman, Blakeney, Blackmore, Blackmer, Blakney, Blessing, Blakemore, Belknap, Balcom, Blasingame, Balsamo.

## 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.