# Blackwood (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blackwood/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish habitational surname derived from the placename.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,407 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,213 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,725 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (7,837 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From black + wood.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blackwood 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blackwood in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

## People named Blackwood

- Caitlin Blackwood, British actress
- Easley Blackwood, Jr., American classical pianist (1933–2023)
- George Blackwood, Australian soccer player
- Ibra Charles Blackwood, American politician (1878-1936)
- Vas Blackwood, British actor

## Similar surnames

Blackstone, Blackstock, Blackston, Blackett, Ballesteros, Blaisdell, Bolster, Blystone, 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.