Blackwood (surname)


Blackwood is a locational surname of Scottish origin meaning "black wood". Spelling variations include: Blackwood, Blackwode, Blakewood, Blaikwood, Blacud and many more. First found in Ayrshire, but one of the first recorded to the family name was William de Blackwood in 1327 in Stirlingshire.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: the Blackwoods who settled in Bonavista, Newfoundland in the early 19th century and others.

Peerage of the United Kingdom