Blakely

English

Etymology

Variant of Blakeley.

Proper noun

Blakely (countable and uncountable, plural Blakelys)

1. A surname.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
3. A city, the county seat of Early County, Georgia, United States.
4. A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blakely is the 3077^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.

Anagrams

• Blakley, bleakly