Blackett

English

Etymology

A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).

Proper noun

Blackett (countable and uncountable, plural Blacketts)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Blackett effect

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blackett is the 36900^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 605 individuals. Blackett is most common among White (52.23%) and Black/African American (41.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blackett”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 167.