Surname Distribution.
I.G.I
Numbers indicate number of events.
Numbers and Concentrations of Events ie. Births, Christenings, Marriages and Burials from my master database. from earliest times to 1901. This may give some indications of geographical concentrations. Note East Yorkshire, Durham and the South East. Note also how widespread the name has been.
From the same set of records but indicating the earliest recorded year.
1881 Census
Numbers indicate number of individuals.
Of whom there were in 1881:
225 Blackstone, 48 Blackston, 11 Blackson & 21 Blaxton
&
6 Blackeston, 5 Blackistone, 29 Blackiston, 1 Blackestone
&
143 Blakeston, 26 Blakestone, 89 Blakiston & 5 Blakistone.
A Total of 609 people. 305 of whom used the disyllabic variant of the surname, 304 the tri-syllabic. 43% used the long 'A' as in 'Blake', & 57% the short as in 'Black'.
