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) A surname from Middle English. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Blackett is the 36900th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 167.