Last Name BLACKBURN

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Meaning	Local: Of Blackburn, a large and thriving town in county Lancashire. The black stream. Local: The black brook or stream.

Origin	English, Scottish, Native American, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank	826 (2000 US census)	730 (1990 US census)

Count	38,137 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.9%, or 33904 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.01%, or 2673 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 141 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 317 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.47%, or 561 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.41%, or 538 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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