Blackburn is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Blackburn
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: The black brook or stream

How popular is Blackburn?

Blackburn is common in England.

Blackburn is ranked 7260 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Blackburn bearers increased by 2.517241 per cent in 2010 US census to 39097 since 2000, the surname slipped by 63 spots and ranked at 889. The last name was found in around 132 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.41 88.9
Black 7.31 7.01
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 1.41
Others 1.71 1.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.91 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.37
Blackburn is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 74540 people have been found who wears Blackburn as their family name. Blackburn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
52,852 United Arab Emirates10
4,742 China9
8,040 Guyana6
103,755 Czech Republic5
13,428 Qatar4
11,480 Japan4
25,074 Greece3
4,915 Panama3
6,270 Hong Kong3
26,321 Israel3
18,686 Thailand3
30,723 Georgia3
144,472 Kazakhstan3
7,993 Jordan3
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
1,389 Barbados2
4,164 Vietnam2
723,167 Indonesia2
4,104 South Korea2
2,617 Cambodia2
10,211 Bulgaria2
10,284 Kuwait2
3,670 Mozambique2
1,500,361 India2
5,817 Albania2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
32,942 Uzbekistan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
165,773 Belarus1
15,162 Costa Rica1
317 Norfolk Island1
7,191 Afghanistan1
408 Åland1
123,175 Tanzania1
6,820 Angola1
9,116 Nicaragua1
37,493 Austria1
2,374 Bermuda1
7,314 Bolivia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,232 French Polynesia1
2,309 Monaco1
2,578 Guam1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,818 Guernsey1
5,467 Haiti1
6,967 Macedonia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
537 Liechtenstein1
28,365 Kenya1
6,149 Ethiopia1
66,560 Philippines1
799 British Virgin Islands1
13,447 Uganda1
53,505 Turkey1
2,613 The Bahamas1
16,073 Latvia1
1,179 Swaziland1
971 Seychelles1
25,721 Egypt1
11,486 Estonia1
58,885 Poland1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
95,259 Italy45
46,461 Netherlands40
9,524 Portugal37
34,765 Zimbabwe35
236,996 Russia35
469 Jersey33
23,443 Norway26
20,233 Denmark25
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
90,060 Germany19
1,286 Malta16
798 Grenada12
482 Northern Mariana Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
83,365 Brazil95
113 Isle of Man82
11,021 Chile81
5,248 Singapore59
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Blackburn:
749 New Zealand911
998 Scotland814
600 Wales610
354 Mauritius456
27,922 France355
1,130 Jamaica268
7,689 Malaysia253
5,910 Colombia245
2,223 Ireland207
1,670 Northern Ireland155
20,427 Spain145
23,602 Mexico131
1,522 Trinidad and Tobago119
Countries with thousands of Blackburn:
799 Canada6,214
961 Australia3,233
4,075 South Africa1,607
Countries with ten thousands of Blackburn:
849 United States43,906
486 England13,879
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman John Blackburn who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 21, 1846 by Charlotte put out from Dublin. Richard Blackburn (22) Workman, Farmer Richard Blackburn, 27 years old Matilda-H. Blackburn, 25 years old Catherine Blackburn, Workman Thomas Blackburn, 32 years old John Blackburn, Thomas Blackburn (45) Workman, Henry Blackburn, aged 50, and 71 other Blackburn around 52.27% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and engineer, servant migrated to US.

Comments

K
Kate London
 The origin of this word is Anglo-Saxon etymology comes from the agglutination of black and burn word meaning black smoke this surname is a nickname that specifies the dark complexion of an ancestor.

Blackburn Namesakes

    Barbara Blackburn, American actress
  • Abner Blackburn, Author
  • Elizabeth Blackburn, Researcher
  • Ade Blackburn, Musical Artist
  • Josh Blackburn, Ice hockey player
  • Maryline Blackburn, Singer
  • John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Former Lord President of the Council
  • Emmeline Alethea Blackburn, Author
  • Debbie Blackburn, Politician
  • Tony Blackburn, Disc jockey
  • John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Former Lord President of the Council

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