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blegen Name Meaning and History

Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farms, especially in southeastern Norway, named Bleiken, from bleik ‘pale’, ‘light-colored’ + -en from vin ‘meadow’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of blegen Families in the US in 1840
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