According to some documents such as "Kansei Choshu Shokafu" (genealogies of vassals in the Edo bakufu, Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), the Kuroda clan was said to originate from the samurai class in Kuroda Village, Ika County, Omi Province (presently Kuroda, Kinomoto-cho, Ika-gun, Shiga Prefecture), but this remains uncertain.
黒田氏は、『寛政重修諸家譜』などによれば近江国伊香郡黒田村（現在の滋賀県伊香郡木ノ本町黒田）の武家出身とされるが定かではない。