How common is the surname Blakeney?

4,107 people in the United States had the surname Blakeney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,175 Americans. It ranked 8,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blakeney?

Olive Blakeney, American actress (1894-1959), followed by Antonio Blakeney.

Where is the surname Blakeney most common?

Wikidata records people named Blakeney in the United States.

Is the surname Blakeney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,107 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Blakeney

An English surname, carried by 4,107 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakeney is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

English origin

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

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 4,107 people named Blakeney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,175 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,911.

#8,070

rank among US surnames

4,107

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #7,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,065	Kindle	4,109	75,139
#8,067	Jessee	4,108	75,157
#8,070	Haider	4,107	75,175
#8,072	McCarley	4,106	75,194
#8,073	Kinley	4,105	75,212
#8,076	Lovely	4,104	75,230

Who is named Blakeney

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

52% of people named Blakeney identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blakeneys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Olive Blakeney
American actress (1894-1959)
Antonio Blakeney
American basketball player (born 1996)
Albert Blakeney
American politician (1850-1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blakeney

Blakeney has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blakeney come from?: From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).
How common is the surname Blakeney?: 4,107 people in the United States had the surname Blakeney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,175 Americans. It ranked 8,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blakeney?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Blakeney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blakeney?: Olive Blakeney, American actress (1894-1959), followed by Antonio Blakeney.
Where is the surname Blakeney most common?: Wikidata records people named Blakeney in the United States.
Is the surname Blakeney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,107 in 2010, up 5.0%.