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Origin Of The Surname Blake
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Meaning Of The Surname Blake
Dark complexion
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Interesting
Facts About
Blake
There are two main reasons why people were given this surname in Middle English. The first is that the name comes from the Old English adjective ‘blac’ which means black, and was therefore given to people as a petname if they has especially dark hair or had a dark complexion. However, it may also have been given on a nationalistic basis. It could have referred to the Celts and therefore given to the Celtic population in England. |
Blake Statistics
Blake is the number 326 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 27,815 share the surname Blake in the UK.
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