Blackwell is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Blackwell
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Blackwell

How popular is Blackwell?

Blackwell is common in United States.

Blackwell is ranked 7373 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Blackwell bearers increased by 1.462523 per cent in 2010 US census to 47175 since 2000, the surname slipped by 68 spots and ranked at 741. The last name was found in around 160 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.69 67.71
Black 28.46 28.04
Others 2.64 2
Hispanic or Latino 2.05 1.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.39 0.29
Blackwell is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 73374 people have been found who wears Blackwell as their family name. Blackwell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
275,830 Ukraine8
6,072 China7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
607,991 Indonesia5
1,014,159 India4
2,403 Vietnam4
59,967 Moldova4
16,136 Kenya3
127,708 Czech Republic3
32,695 Nigeria3
6,779 Nicaragua3
10,686 Costa Rica3
1,472 The Bahamas2
4,104 South Korea2
24,269 Peru2
18,625 Japan2
18,718 Thailand2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
19,093 Finland2
1,777 Jersey2
124,220 Italy2
5,318 Iraq2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
34,681 Norway2
14,521 Portugal2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
18,035 Egypt2
50,549 Georgia1
2,374 Bermuda1
11,486 Estonia1
3,350 Fiji1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,877 Cuba1
799 British Virgin Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
846 American Samoa1
2,024 Mongolia1
317 Norfolk Island1
28,746 Algeria1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
9,591 Panama1
40,340 Malaysia1
19,533 Uruguay1
1,819 Laos1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,586 Honduras1
692 Guinea1
1,818 Guernsey1
2,578 Guam1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
26,164 Sweden36
8,214 Singapore35
43,662 Belgium30
21,901 Chile27
699 Isle of Man21
23,914 Denmark20
55,829 Zimbabwe16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
2,783 Jamaica71
104,075 Brazil64
37,652 Spain59
176,736 Russia54
Countries with hundreds of Blackwell:
7,500 South Africa858
1,041 New Zealand689
625 Wales587
20,699 Germany504
6,557 Ghana399
1,712 Ireland300
2,391 Scotland289
14,022 Mexico288
35,533 France282
39,199 Philippines258
1,368 Taiwan232
28,858 Tanzania134
9,314 Switzerland126
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
1,608 Trinidad and Tobago112
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Blackwell:
774 England9,346
1,113 Australia2,837
2,329 Canada2,146
Countries with ten thousands of Blackwell:
682 United States53,093
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jas. Blackwell worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 15 years old embarked for USA from Limerick on Souvenir and arrived on November 14, 1848. Margt. Blackwell, aged 14, William Blackwell, aged 19, 17 years old Henry Blackwell, Eliza Blackwell, aged 40, Biddy Blackwell, aged 7, 40 years old John Blackwell, Sarah Blackwell, Mary Blackwell (13) Spinster, and 23 other Blackwell around 70.83% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant migrated to US from Limerick, London, Liverpool, Fayal and Galway.

Blackwell Namesakes

    Emily Blackwell, Second woman to earn a medical degree and the third woman medical graduate in the United States
    Otis Blackwell, African-American composer, singer and pianist of Rock and Roll. Creator of more than thousand songs
  • Paul Blackwell, Actor
  • Eleanor Albertine Blackwell, Social Worker
  • Alfonzo Blackwell, Composer
  • Lucien E. Blackwell, Former United States Congressman
  • Dean Blackwell, Soccer player
  • John Blackwell Hale, U.S. representative
  • Douglas Blackwell, Actor
  • Ed Blackwell, Drummer
  • Becca Blackwell, Actor
  • Becca Blackwell, Actress
  • In 0 crime, drama film, Theory of Ambitions, Colin David Herbert Blackwell characterized Police Superintendent.
  • Randy Blackwell, from 0 horror flick Heterodox, who portrayed Police Officer.
  • In 2013, David Blackwell characterized the role of Brain Zombie in horror flick Only Another Day.
  • Avaah Blackwell played central character of Scarlett Jones in 0 drama, sport flick EFC.
  • In 2006, Kelli Blackwell played the role of Nolly Miller in comedy, musical flick 711: The Hit Musical!.
  • Tim Blackwell portrayed key character of Office Boy 2 in 1985 comedy and drama film Hand in Hand.

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