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The BLAKEMAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,206 9331 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 835 6326 0.002 17
Change since 1880 +2371 -3005 -0.001 -5
Other Countries
Australia 114 12761 0.001 7
United Kingdom 1,193 4546 0.003 26
Top States for BLAKEMAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 446 1281 0.011 110
Ohio 364 3818 0.003 32
California 233 10979 0.001 7
Illinois 188 6899 0.002 15
Texas 171 10195 0.001 8
Top States for BLAKEMAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wyoming 82 638 0.017 166
Kentucky 446 1281 0.011 110
South Dakota 27 4949 0.004 36
Nebraska 57 4444 0.003 33
Ohio 364 3818 0.003 32

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

Classification and Origin of BLAKEMAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BLAKEMAN 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 BLAKEMAN 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 BLAKEMAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 67 2.09
Mixed Race 42 1.31
Black/African American 37 1.15
Native American/Alaskan 17 0.53
Asian/Pacific 12 0.37
White (Caucasian) 3,031 94.54

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

Meaning of BLAKEMAN in historical publications

A corruption of Blackman, a name probably given from having a dark complexion.

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


Similar names to BLAKEMAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BLAKEMAN.

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 BLAKEMAN

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