Last Name BLAKE

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Meaning Nickname: The black, from complexion.
A corruption of the British 'Ap Lake,' from 'Ap,' signifying from, or son, and 'Lake,' - the son of Lake. The family went into Ireland with Strongbow, where the name became corrupted into Blake. 'Ap Lake' was one of the knights of Arthur's Round Table.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Maltese, Austrian, South african

Rank 425 (2000 US census) 403 (1990 US census)
Count 69,279 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 74.04%, or 51294 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 21.11%, or 14625 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.42%, or 291 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.78%, or 540 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.78%, or 1233 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.86%, or 1289 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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