Blackburne

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/blækbɝn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Blackburne is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs and Cheshire. see Blackburn .

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M(measured from records)
  • LSLesotho≈1 in 76K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 190K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈190 people, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)

Lesotho, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Lancs and Cheshire. see Blackburn .

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Blackburne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Blackburne is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom≈190 est.≈1 in 356K—Blackburne90
US United States1531 in 2.2M177Blackburne115
AU Australia≈130 est.≈1 in 190K—Blackburne67
LS Lesotho≈26 est.≈1 in 76K—Blackburne1
NZ New Zealand≈16 est.≈1 in 301K—Blackburne20
JM Jamaica≈11 est.≈1 in 251K—Blackburne2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Lancelot Blackburne, b. 1658John Blackburne, b. 1694Anna Blackburne, b. 1726John Blackburne, b. 1754Francis Blackburne, b. 1782John Ireland Blackburne, b. 1783Joseph Henry Blackburne, b. 1841Lionel Blackburne, b. 1874Lena Blackburne, b. 1886Kenneth Blackburne, b. 1907

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Blackburne,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Blackburne
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020177#107,024
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000172#97,848
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010153#114,424
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Blackburne mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs and Cheshire. see Blackburn . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Blackburne?
A machine transcription gives /blækbɝn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Blackburne have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 185 people named Blackburne in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled blackburne.
How common is the name Blackburne?
In the United States, the national register counted 153 people named Blackburne in 2010, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Blackburne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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