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Blakeney
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English
Etymology
From either en ang blæc black (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + ang īeġ island.
Proper noun
~ s
en.
en village par/Awre dist/Forest of Dean co/Gloucestershire cc/England OS grid ref SO6707.
en coastal village/and/cpar in dist/North Norfolk co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TG0243. Parish map (Norfolk)
en comm in the town:pref/Mississippi Mills co/Lanark County p/Ontario c/Canada.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Blakeney is the 8070th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4107 individuals. Blakeney is most common among White (52.45%) and Black/African American (42.76%) individuals.
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