How common is the surname Blakley?

5,898 people in the United States had the surname Blakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,347 Americans. It ranked 5,855th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Blakley?

Ronee Blakley, actress, singer, followed by William A. Blakley.

Where is the surname Blakley most common?

Wikidata records people named Blakley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Blakley getting more or less common?

More common. 5,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,898 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Blakley

A surname, carried by 5,898 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). Blakley is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Blakeley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,898 people named Blakley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,347 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,642.

#5,855

rank among US surnames

5,898

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,643)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,847	Stoltz	5,912	52,224
#5,848	Neubauer	5,911	52,232
#5,849	Hatten	5,907	52,268
#5,850	Alt	5,906	52,277
#5,851	Tull	5,904	52,294
#5,852	Sayles	5,902	52,312
#5,853	Ochs	5,901	52,321

Who is named Blakley

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

78% of people named Blakley identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blakleys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ronee Blakley
Actress, singer, born 1945
William A. Blakley
American politician (1898–1976)
Claudie Blakley
British actress (born 1974)

Notable Blakleys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blakley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Blakley come from?: Variant of Blakeley.
How common is the surname Blakley?: 5,898 people in the United States had the surname Blakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,347 Americans. It ranked 5,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blakley?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Blakley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Blakley?: Ronee Blakley, actress, singer, followed by William A. Blakley.
Where is the surname Blakley most common?: Wikidata records people named Blakley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Blakley getting more or less common?: More common. 5,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,898 in 2010, up 4.5%.