How common is the surname Blackmore?

3,660 people in the United States had the surname Blackmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,357 Americans. It ranked 8,944th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blackmore?

Elizabeth Blackmore, Australian actress, followed by Stephen Blackmore.

Where is the surname Blackmore most common?

Wikidata records people named Blackmore in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Blackmore getting more or less common?

More common. 3,634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,660 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Blackmore

An English place surname, carried by 3,660 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackmore is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).

Blackmore is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 3,660 people named Blackmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,357 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,634.

#8,944

rank among US surnames

3,660

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,366)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,938	Galligan	3,663	84,288
#8,939	Cram	3,662	84,311
#8,941	Zhen	3,661	84,334
#8,944	Koger	3,660	84,357
#8,946	Blackstone	3,659	84,380
#8,950	Clyde	3,658	84,403

Who is named Blackmore

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

83% of people named Blackmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blackmores

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Blackmore
Australian actress, born 1987
Stephen Blackmore
British botanist, born 1952

Notable Blackmores come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Blackmur

Surnames that sound like Blackmore

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blackmore come from?: From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).
How common is the surname Blackmore?: 3,660 people in the United States had the surname Blackmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,357 Americans. It ranked 8,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blackmore?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Blackmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blackmore?: Elizabeth Blackmore, Australian actress, followed by Stephen Blackmore.
Where is the surname Blackmore most common?: Wikidata records people named Blackmore in Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Blackmore?: Blackmore is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Blackmore getting more or less common?: More common. 3,634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,660 in 2010, up 0.7%.
What are other spellings of Blackmore?: Blackmur.