# Blakeley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/blakeley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,907 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,951 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 106,208 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (2,774 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Blackley, Blakely, Blakley |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Blakeley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Blakeley in the United Kingdom.

## People named Blakeley

- Grace Blakeley, British economic & political pundit (1993-)

## Similar surnames

Blakely, Blakley, Bulkley, Blackley, Blackwell, Blackwelder, Blackledge, Belisle, Blacklock.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.