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    The surname Blakemore

    A surname, carried by 3,271 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B425

    Blakemore: #9,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blakemore #9,884, 3,271 people Blakemore: #9,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blakemore #9,884, 3,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakemore is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,271 people named Blakemore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,389 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,065.

    #9,884
    rank among US surnames
    3,271
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,733)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,877Portis3,27494,302
    #9,879Soltis3,27394,331
    #9,881Ugarte3,27294,360
    #9,884Blakemore3,27194,389
    #9,890Reeser3,27094,418

    Who is named Blakemore

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

    67% of people named Blakemore identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Blakemores

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sean Blakemore
      American actor, born 1967
    • Junior Wells
      American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist (1934–1998)
    • Andrew Wyatt
      American musician and record producer, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blakemore

    Blakemore has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Blakemore?
    3,271 people in the United States had the surname Blakemore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,389 Americans. It ranked 9,884th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blakemore?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Blakemore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blakemore?
    Sean Blakemore, American actor, followed by Junior Wells.
    Where is the surname Blakemore most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blakemore in the United States.
    Is the surname Blakemore getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,271 in 2010, up 6.7%.