Blakely Family History
Blakely Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: habitational name from any
of various places in northern England and the Scottish Borders called
Blakeley, named with Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ (see
Black) + leah ‘woodland clearing’. The Scottish
surname may also have absorbed some cases of Blakelaw, from a
place in the Borders named with Old English blæc ‘black’ +
hlaw ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Blakely
Name Distribution of Blakely Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Blakely families
 53 - 103  18 - 52 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Blakely families
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49 - 96 17 - 48 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Blakely families
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25 - 48 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Blakely Family Origin
Blakely Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Blakely
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Blakely Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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