as a Last Name
- 2,805
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Blackwelder
Meaning & Origins
Partly translated form of German Schwarzwälder, denoting someone from the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald). The first element Black is a translation of German Schwarz (Old High German swarz), while the second element is a respelling of -wälder ‘forest dweller’ (from Old High German wald ‘forest’).
| 9,892nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Black, Blackwell, Blackburn, Blackmon, Blackman, Blackwood, Blakely, Blackford, Blackstone, Blackmore
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,805
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Blackwelder per capita
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