tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post9072920061898500290..comments2024-03-14T23:42:44.959+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: BHM: Britain's first Black community in Elizabethan LondonAfro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-55005484672081910232012-10-06T23:02:40.597+02:002012-10-06T23:02:40.597+02:00Thanks for alerting us to this fascinating article...Thanks for alerting us to this fascinating article. <br /><br />Among the information that interested me in the article, my interest in etymology caused me to focus on this portion of that BBC article:<br /><br />"...Here the famous Lucy Negro, a former dancer in the Queen's service, ran an establishment patronised by noblemen and lawyers". <br /><br />It occured to me that while I've heard of and known Black people & non-Black people with the last name "Black" and "Brown" and "White", and "Moore"* (and its variant forms "Morris", "Morrison" etc), I have never heard of anyone whose last name is "Negro". I wonder if "Negro" is used as a surname in any Spanish speaking nations.<br /><br />*"Moore, and "Morris" etc have the etymological meaning "the Moor" ; "the Black person".<br /><br />For those who may be interested, here's a link to a page on my cultural blog that lists the 50 most common surnames (last names) of Black (including Black/non-Black)** children and White children born within a given time period (1992-2001) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) <a href="http://cocojams.com/content/common-surnames-race-allegheny-county-pennsylvania" rel="nofollow">http://cocojams.com/content/common-surnames-race-allegheny-county-pennsylvania</a> <br /><br />At my request, a person working for the county graciously did this study in 2003 in his spare time (I was a member of the County Health Department at that time). <br /><br />**This study categoried all children of Black descent as "African American", although those terms actually don't necessarily mean the same thing. <br /><br />What I found interesting was that many of the surnames given to Black and to non-Black children were the same, but the ranking order of those names differed by race. For instance, the most common African American last name was "Johnson". "Brown" was surname #5 on that list. "White" was surname #16. "Moore" was surname #20 and "Morris" was surname #39. The surname "Black" wasn't on the list of the 50 most common African American surnames of babies born in Allegheny County during that time.<br /><br />In contrast, that study found that the most common non-African American surname for babies born in that county during that period was "Smith". "Johnson" was #6 on that list, "Brown" was surname #3, "White" was surname #10, and "Moore" was surname #19. Neither "Morris" nor "Black" was on the list of the 50 most common surnames for non-White babies born in the county at that time.<br /><br />By the way, the surname "Smith" was the 4th most common surname for African Americans born during that time period.<br /><br />I apologize for the digression from the discussion of Black Britons during Elizabethan London. I realize this is quite off-topic, but thought that some here might be interested in this information. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-90752280517320104252012-10-03T12:44:01.136+02:002012-10-03T12:44:01.136+02:00Brilliant post, this is something alot of black an...Brilliant post, this is something alot of black and white people don't realise, there was also alot of black people in London after the American revolutionChico-Reinoreply@blogger.com