How common is the surname Blakey?

3,796 people in the United States had the surname Blakey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,334 Americans. It ranked 8,655th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blakey?

Art Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990).

Where is the surname Blakey most common?

Wikidata records people named Blakey in the United States.

Is the surname Blakey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,796 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Blakey

A surname, carried by 3,796 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blakey is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,796 people named Blakey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,334 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,587.

#8,655

rank among US surnames

3,796

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,459)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,650	Reichard	3,799	81,270
#8,651	Silvey	3,798	81,292
#8,653	Casella	3,797	81,313
#8,655	Bibb	3,796	81,334

Who is named Blakey

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

58% of people named Blakey identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 58%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Two or more races 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blakeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blakey

Blakey has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

How common is the surname Blakey?: 3,796 people in the United States had the surname Blakey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,334 Americans. It ranked 8,655th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blakey?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Blakey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blakey?: Art Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990).
Where is the surname Blakey most common?: Wikidata records people named Blakey in the United States.
Is the surname Blakey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,796 in 2010, up 5.8%.