# Blackstone (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blackstone/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,659 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,946 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,380 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (3,466 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈblækstən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blackstone 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blackstone in the United States.

## People named Blackstone

- William Eugene Blackstone, American Christian Zionist

## Similar surnames

Blackston, Blackwood, Blackstock, Blystone, Blackett, Ballesteros, Blaisdell, Bolster, Balistreri, Bolstad, Ballester.

## 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.