How common is the surname Blackstock?

3,085 people in the United States had the surname Blackstock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. It ranked 10,429th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blackstock?

Dexter Blackstock, Antigua and Barbuda footballer, followed by Kelly Clarkson.

Where is the surname Blackstock most common?

Wikidata records people named Blackstock in Antigua and Barbuda and the United States.

Is the surname Blackstock getting more or less common?

More common. 3,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,085 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Blackstock

A surname, carried by 3,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackstock is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,085 people named Blackstock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,061.

#10,429

rank among US surnames

3,085

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,744)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,422	Pyne	3,089	99,950
#10,424	Boots	3,087	100,015
#10,427	Belew	3,086	100,047
#10,429	Yearwood	3,085	100,080
#10,434	Dineen	3,083	100,145
#10,437	Dyess	3,082	100,177

Who is named Blackstock

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

80% of people named Blackstock identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blackstocks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dexter Blackstock
Antigua and Barbuda footballer, born 1986
Kelly Clarkson
American singer-songwriter (born 1982)

Notable Blackstocks come mostly from Antigua and Barbuda (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blackstock

Blackstock has the Soundex code B423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B423.

Questions

How common is the surname Blackstock?: 3,085 people in the United States had the surname Blackstock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. It ranked 10,429th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blackstock?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Blackstock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blackstock?: Dexter Blackstock, Antigua and Barbuda footballer, followed by Kelly Clarkson.
Where is the surname Blackstock most common?: Wikidata records people named Blackstock in Antigua and Barbuda and the United States.
Is the surname Blackstock getting more or less common?: More common. 3,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,085 in 2010, up 0.8%.