How common is the surname Blakeley?

2,907 people in the United States had the surname Blakeley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,208 Americans. It ranked 10,951st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blakeley?

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

Where is the surname Blakeley most common?

Wikidata records people named Blakeley in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Blakeley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,907 in 2010, up 4.8%.

Is Blakeley also a first name?

Yes. Blakeley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Blakeley

An English place surname, carried by 2,907 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B424

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakeley is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Blakeley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,907 people named Blakeley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,208 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,774.

#10,951

rank among US surnames

2,907

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,603)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,942	McKinnie	2,910	106,098
#10,947	Vecchio	2,909	106,135
#10,950	Stabler	2,908	106,171
#10,951	Jama	2,907	106,208
#10,953	Carlucci	2,906	106,244
#10,954	Lamberth	2,905	106,281
#10,956	Bashaw	2,904	106,317

Who is named Blakeley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Blakeley identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blakeleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Grace Blakeley
British economic & political pundit (1993-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Blakeley

Blakeley has the Soundex code B424, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B424.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blakeley come from?: Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Blakeley?: 2,907 people in the United States had the surname Blakeley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,208 Americans. It ranked 10,951st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blakeley?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Blakeley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blakeley?: Grace Blakeley, British economic & political pundit (1993-).
Where is the surname Blakeley most common?: Wikidata records people named Blakeley in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Blakeley?: Blakeley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Blakeley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,907 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Blakeley?: Blackley, Blakely and Blakley.
Is Blakeley also a first name?: Yes. Blakeley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.