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The BLACKWOOD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 7,837 4195 0.003 29
United States (1880 census) 1,661 3510 0.003 33
Change since 1880 +6176 -685 0 -4
Other Countries
Australia 580 2799 0.004 35
United Kingdom 2,917 2125 0.006 64
Top States for BLACKWOOD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 673 1063 0.015 151
California 669 4213 0.002 20
Florida 646 3050 0.004 40
New York 627 2935 0.003 33
North Carolina 515 2135 0.006 64
Top States for BLACKWOOD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 673 1063 0.015 151
South Carolina 343 1807 0.009 85
Oklahoma 276 1646 0.008 80
Arkansas 200 1718 0.007 75
North Carolina 515 2135 0.006 64

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BLACKWOOD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BLACKWOOD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BLACKWOOD in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BLACKWOOD by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BLACKWOOD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BLACKWOOD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BLACKWOOD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BLACKWOOD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 217 2.77
Mixed Race 180 2.3
Native American/Alaskan 86 1.1
Asian/Pacific 29 0.37
White (Caucasian) 6,116 78.04
Black/African American 1,209 15.43

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BLACKWOOD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BLACKWOOD in historical publications

(origin: Local) This family derived their name from the lands of Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, in Scotland, called Blackwood.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


BLACKWOOD. Lord D ufterin descends from a Scottish family. Adam B. was one of the privy-council to Mary, Queen of Scots. I find no locality of this name in North Britain, except the Blackwood Hills, CO. Dumfries.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BLACKWOOD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BLACKWOOD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BLACKWOOD

The following words are slight variants of BLACKWOOD that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.