Blakely
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English
Etymology
Variant of Blakeley.
Proper noun
Blakely (countable and uncountable, plural Blakelys)
- A surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname.
- A city, the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.
- A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Blakely is the 3077th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11669 individuals. Blakely is most common among White (62.8%) and Black/African American (30.64%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blakely”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.