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    The surname Blackshire

    A surname, carried by 1,325 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B426

    Blackshire: #20,149 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blackshire #20,149, 1,325 people Blackshire: #20,149 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blackshire #20,149, 1,325 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackshire is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,325 people named Blackshire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,016 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,104.

    #20,149
    rank among US surnames
    1,325
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20%
    change since 2000 (was #21,916)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,149Cruze1,325233,016
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191

    Who is named Blackshire

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

    66% of people named Blackshire identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 66%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blackshire

    Blackshire has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blackshire?
    1,325 people in the United States had the surname Blackshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,016 Americans. It ranked 20,149th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blackshire?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Blackshire identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Blackshire getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,325 in 2010, up 20%.