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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a minor place named Blackhurst, as for example in Cheshire or Lancashire, where the surname is chiefly found. This would be derived from Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’.

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