Blakeley
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Blakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeleys)
- A surname from Old English.
- A ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
- A hamlet in Erie County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Blakeley is the 10951st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2907 individuals. Blakeley is most common among White (86.96%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blakeley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Ghost towns in Alabama, USA
- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA