Distribution of the name 'Black'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Black' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Black'
In the UK there are 8.570 phone book entries with the surname Black and approximately 37.321 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Black is the 195. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Central: 1.272.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Strathclyde (754), Lothian (542), Greater London (476), Fife (428), Tayside (410), West Yorkshire (267), County Antrim (251), Grampian (217), as well as Tyne and Wear (211).
The following surnames sound like Black: Blake, Bullock, Bayliss, Bowles, Blakey, Baylis, Bellis, Bliss, Beales, Blackshaw, Bulloch, Block, Bailes, Balls, Blackie, Belshaw, Bullough, Boyles, Bills, Bligh, Bells, Biles, Bluck, Blease, Byles, Blick, Balshaw, Blagg, Bales, Blakeway.
The distribution of the name 'Black' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Black in the counties
| Central - The surname Black is is the 66. most common name - 1.272 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Black is is the 43. most common name - 754 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Black is is the 56. most common name - 542 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Black is is the 299. most common name - 476 persons |
| Fife - The surname Black is is the 45. most common name - 428 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Black is is the 59. most common name - 410 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Black is is the 498. most common name - 267 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Black is is the 53. most common name - 251 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Black is is the 93. most common name - 217 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Black is is the 147. most common name - 211 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Black is the 579. most common name - 203 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Black is the 435. most common name - 184 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Black is the 300. most common name - 180 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Black is the 242. most common name - 152 persons |
| Kent - The surname Black is the 457. most common name - 140 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Black is the 387. most common name - 119 persons |
| Essex - The surname Black is the 428. most common name - 116 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Black is the 172. most common name - 112 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Black is the 344. most common name - 111 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Black is the 52. most common name - 104 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Black is the 568. most common name - 97 persons |
| County Down - The surname Black is the 101. most common name - 97 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Black is the 398. most common name - 90 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Black is the 175. most common name - 89 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Black is the 491. most common name - 88 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Black is the 384. most common name - 84 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Black is the 474. most common name - 83 persons |
| Highland - The surname Black is the 83. most common name - 82 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Black is the 366. most common name - 81 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Black is the 25. most common name - 77 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Black is is the 308. most common name - 76 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Black is is the 704. most common name - 76 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Black is is the 383. most common name - 76 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Black is is the 346. most common name - 75 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Black is is the 502. most common name - 69 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Black is is the 621. most common name - 68 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Black is is the 407. most common name - 67 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Black is is the 346. most common name - 66 persons |
| Durham - The surname Black is is the 248. most common name - 61 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Black is is the 288. most common name - 60 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Black is is the 1672. most common name - 59 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Black is is the 617. most common name - 56 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Black is is the 420. most common name - 53 persons |
| Borders - The surname Black is is the 42. most common name - 52 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Black is is the 604. most common name - 52 persons |
| Devon - The surname Black is is the 777. most common name - 42 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Black is is the 368. most common name - 41 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Black is is the 101. most common name - 40 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Black is is the 521. most common name - 36 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Black is is the 481. most common name - 32 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Black is is the 833. most common name - 32 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Black is is the 568. most common name - 31 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Black is is the 757. most common name - 22 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Black is is the 915. most common name - 22 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Black is is the 298. most common name - 22 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Black is is the 688. most common name - 18 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Black is is the 391. most common name - 17 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Black is is the 674. most common name - 16 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Black is is the 435. most common name - 12 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Black is is the 351. most common name - 11 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Black is is the 1680. most common name - 10 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Black is is the 287. most common name - 10 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Black is is the 212. most common name - 9 persons |
| Powys - The surname Black is is the 462. most common name - 8 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Black is is the 1069. most common name - 7 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Black is is the 613. most common name - 6 persons |
| Avon - The surname Black is is the 452. most common name - 5 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Black is is the 125. most common name - 4 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Black is is the 625. most common name - 3 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Black is is the 470. most common name - 1 person |
| Humberside - The surname Black is is the 1092. most common name - 1 person |
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