Last Name BLAZE

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Meaning The son of Blaze. St. Blaise was the patron saint of wool-combers, and his festival (Feb. 3) was faithfully commemorated in Yorkshire. A full-sized effigy of the bishop is carved in the principl entranceto to the Bradford Exchange. As a font-name Blaise, or Blaze, just managed to survive the Reformation. Gil Blas has immortalized the name in lilterature.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 25,242 (2000 US census) 17,871 (1990 US census)
Count 921 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.31%, or 666 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 21.28%, or 196 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.39%, or 22 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.5%, or 23 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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