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    The surname Blakney

    A surname, carried by 1,917 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B425

    Blakney: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Blakney #15,309, 1,917 people Blakney: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Blakney #15,309, 1,917 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakney is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,917 people named Blakney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,757.

    #15,309
    rank among US surnames
    1,917
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,350)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,303Canto1,918160,973
    #15,309Kinner1,917161,057
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141

    Who is named Blakney

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

    51% of people named Blakney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Blakneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roderick Blakney
      American basketball player, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Blakney

    Blakney 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 Blakney?
    1,917 people in the United States had the surname Blakney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. It ranked 15,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Blakney?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Blakney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Blakney?
    Roderick Blakney, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Blakney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Blakney in the United States.
    Is the surname Blakney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,917 in 2010, up 9.1%.