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There are approximately 47,448 people named Black in the UK. That makes it the 169th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 751 are named Black.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

Blacke
Blake
Bleak
Blagg
Bblack
Blac
Blaack
Blacc
Blaak
Blackc
Blacka
Bblake
Blaake
Blacck
Blaca
Blackay
Blackah
Blackcq
Blackco
Blackd
Blackb
Blacae
Blackcoe
Blacay

The Black surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BLACK. Blac and Blache are pras

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

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