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    The surname Blackman

    A surname, carried by 14,278 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B425

    Blackman: #2,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Blackman #2,535, 14,278 people Blackman: #2,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blackman #2,535, 14,278 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackman is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,278 people named Blackman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,624 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,897.

    #2,535
    rank among US surnames
    14,278
    people in 2010
    4.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,389)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,526Mehta14,34221,527
    #2,527Mayberry14,32621,551
    #2,528Barger14,32421,554
    #2,529Alley14,32321,556
    #2,530Oswald14,32221,557
    #2,531Stoddard14,31721,565
    #2,532McDonnell14,30921,577

    Who is named Blackman

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

    58% of people named Blackman identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blackmans

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Honor Blackman
      British actress, 1925–2020
    • Nick Blackman
      Barbadian-English footballer, born 1989
    • Joan Blackman
      American actress, 1938–2026
    • Cindy Blackman
      American musician, born 1959
    • Malorie Blackman
      British author, Children's Laureate, born 1962
    • Frederick Blackman
      British botanist (1866–1947)
    • Steve Blackman
      American professional wrestler, born 1963
    • Charles Blackman
      Australian artist (1928-2018)

    Notable Blackmans come mostly from the United Kingdom (4), the United States (3) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blackman

    Blackman has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blackman?
    14,278 people in the United States had the surname Blackman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,624 Americans. It ranked 2,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blackman?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Blackman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blackman?
    Honor Blackman, British actress, followed by Nick Blackman.
    Where is the surname Blackman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blackman in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Blackman getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,278 in 2010, up 2.7%.