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    The surname Blackwood

    A place surname, carried by 8,407 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B423

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackwood is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    From black + wood.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,407 people named Blackwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,725 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,837.

    #4,213
    rank among US surnames
    8,407
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,195)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,204Seidel8,43036,625
    #4,205Snipes8,42836,633
    #4,206Sandlin8,42136,664
    #4,207Sherrod8,42036,668
    #4,208Herbst8,41936,672
    #4,209Monge8,41836,677
    #4,210Sandberg8,41636,686

    Who is named Blackwood

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

    73% of people named Blackwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blackwoods

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Caitlin Blackwood
      British actress, born 2000
    • Easley Blackwood, Jr.
      American classical pianist (1933–2023)
    • George Blackwood
      Australian soccer player, born 1997
    • Ibra Charles Blackwood
      American politician (1878-1936)
    • Vas Blackwood
      British actor, born 1962

    Notable Blackwoods come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blackwood

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Blackwood come from?
    From black + wood.
    How common is the surname Blackwood?
    8,407 people in the United States had the surname Blackwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,725 Americans. It ranked 4,213th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blackwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Blackwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blackwood?
    Caitlin Blackwood, British actress, followed by Easley Blackwood, Jr..
    Where is the surname Blackwood most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blackwood in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
    What type of surname is Blackwood?
    Blackwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Blackwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,407 in 2010, up 7.3%.