as a Last Name
- 143,760
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Black
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and English: from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or darkhaired man.
| 155th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 143,760
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Black per capita
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