Blackmore

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Blackmur

Etymology

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).

Proper noun

Blackmore (countable and uncountable, plural Blackmores)

1. A village in Brentwood district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL603016).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blackmore is the 8944^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3660 individuals. Blackmore is most common among White (82.57%) and Black/African American (12.02%) individuals.

See also

• Blackmore Vale

Further reading

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