Blake is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Blake
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Bleke, wan of colour, Palsgr. Anglo-Saxon blæc, blác, pallidus— a person of pale complexion. The Blakes of Ireland descend from Richard B., who accompanied Prince John to that country in 1185, and settled in county of Galway.

Blake is variant form of Blakly. One who came from Blackley, i.e., the black wood or clearing, in Lancashire.

One with a swarthy complexion; descendant of Blaec, meaning either black or pale.

Pale; Wulfsic se blaca, Wulfsic the pale, was an Anglo-Saxon name.

How popular is Blake?

Blake is common in United States, England, Australia, Jamaica, Canada, Sierra Leone, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Panama, Lebanon, Guyana, Fiji, Germany, Russia, France, Spain, Vanuatu, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Liberia, Brazil, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Blake is ranked 3172 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Blake bearers increased by 6.52 per cent in 2010 US census to 73797 since 2000, the surname slipped by 22 spots and ranked at 447. The last name was found in around 3 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.21 74.04
Black 22.58 21.11
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.86
Others 2.14 1.78
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 0.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.42
Blake is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 177790 people have been found who wears Blake as their family name. Blake is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Blake:
414 United States94,636
242 England27,609
244 Australia14,101
53 Jamaica10,269
Countries with thousands of Blake:
680 Canada7,661
189 Sierra Leone7,006
343 Ireland2,701
2,833 South Africa2,420
305 New Zealand1,995
273 Wales1,252
789 Scotland1,171
Countries with hundreds of Blake:
376 Trinidad and Tobago626
6,334 Mexico469
813 Northern Ireland450
865 Panama418
2,212 Lebanon333
483 Guyana288
748 Fiji220
36,309 Germany207
61,077 Russia199
57,106 France172
17,390 Spain165
485 Vanuatu157
83,094 Thailand149
3,650 Dominican Republic131
3,193 Liberia129
57,835 Brazil120
240 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
179 United States Virgin Islands96
23,668 Japan91
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis89
185,501 India82
2,745 Singapore81
1,306 Costa Rica77
5,585 Kuwait77
7,107 Chile76
1,716 Nicaragua76
23,436 Zimbabwe76
4,827 Namibia75
30,213 Netherlands74
43,674 Argentina69
200 Jersey69
4,072 Cuba63
6,518 Afghanistan61
148 Cayman Islands55
513 Malta54
350 Grenada52
16,892 Israel52
651 Bahamas51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,901 Switzerland47
31,286 Malaysia45
1,225 Belize40
81,534 Italy40
31,172 Papua New Guinea36
434 Antigua and Barbuda35
38,592 Belgium33
19,302 United Arab Emirates33
4,129 Luxembourg31
86,474 Iran28
12,265 Portugal28
234,077 Indonesia27
11,170 Latvia27
25,646 Sweden27
153,425 Philippines27
15,017 Iraq26
17,947 Denmark25
908 Guam25
59,466 Greece24
47 Montserrat23
767 Guernsey22
631 American Samoa19
191,560 Nigeria19
3,086 French Polynesia18
4,443 China17
11,443 Mauritania17
52,198 Belarus16
16,023 Qatar16
32,589 Norway15
68,752 Kazakhstan14
19,471 Estonia12
43 Falkland Islands12
119,359 Turkey12
64,097 Austria11
1,223 Barbados11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,005 Bermuda10
5,193 Oman10
5,469 Bahrain9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
9,551 Syria9
307 Tonga9
114 Saint Martin8
379 Turks and Caicos Islands8
22,056 Colombia7
97,842 Czechia7
15,346 Ghana7
6,613 Guatemala7
2,387 Isle of Man7
17,336 Slovenia7
1,243 South Korea7
39,591 Venezuela7
5,222 Hong Kong6
36,458 Peru6
156,558 Poland6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Daniel Blake was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 21, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Charlotte from Dublin. Nancy Blake (26) Workwoman, Mary Blake, aged 24, 21 years old John Blake, Rose Blake (12) Maid, Mary Blake, aged 20, Patk. Blake, aged 28, Farmer Donald Blake, Carpenter Patrick Blake, and 368 other Blake around 44.04% of whom were workman while others worked as carpenter and servant, farmer, tailoress, merchant, shoemaker, seamstress, spinster, dressmaker, gardner/grower, smith migrated to US.

From Germany

Jacob Blake was 19 years old when he migrated to USA on May 19, 1852. He lived in Germany where he worked as shoemaker and took London from London. Mary-Ann Blake, William Blake, aged 28, Anna Blake (29), 11 months old Anna Blake, Caroline Blake, aged 4, William Blake, aged 29, R Blake, aged 50, Miner Thomas Blake, 4 years old Lydny-Miss Blake, Mr. Blake (36) Naturalist, Mrs Blake, aged 25, U-Mr Blake (2) Farmer, are others that migrated to US from Hamburg & Southampton, Bremen, Liverpool, Liverpool & Queenstown and Havre & Plymouth.

Blake Namesakes

  • Robert R. Blake, American management theoretician
  • Dave Blake, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • James "Spanish" Blake, Anglo-Irish merchant, soldier, and spy
  • Robert O. Blake, American diplomat
  • Gerald Blake, television director during the 1960s to the 1980s
  • Joaquín Blake, Spanish military officer
  • Wilfred Theodore Blake, pioneer aviator, travel writer and traveller
  • A. G. E. Blake, philosophical thinker and author
  • Ronald James Blake, civil engineer
  • Walter Blake, , 6th Bt
  • William Phipps Blake, American geologist, mining consultant
  • Rodney Blake, Australian professional rugby union footballer
  • Bruce P. Blake, retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church
  • Perry Blake, Irish singer and songwriter
  • Mickey Blake, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger
  • Stanley Thatcher Blake, Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland and
  • Ronnie Blake, trumpeter from Los Angeles
  • Karl Blake, vocalist, bassist
  • Gil Blake, speculator investor and fund manager
  • Rockwell Blake, American operatic tenor
  • Stéphanie Blake, author of children's stories who lives in Paris
  • Ally Blake, Australian writer of romance novels
  • Wilfred Blake, English first-class cricketer
  • Thomas H. Blake, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • H. Emerson Blake, ecologist, the editor-in-chief at Orion Magazine
  • Robert Pierpont Blake, American Byzantinist and scholar of the Armenian and Georgian cultures
  • John Lauris Blake, American clergyman and bestselling author
  • Marty Blake, general manager of the Atlanta Hawks franchise
  • Blind Blake, American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
  • William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker
  • Eubie Blake, American composer, lyricist
  • Quentin Blake, English cartoonist
  • Edward Blake, second Premier of Ontario, Canada
  • Rob Blake, Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player
  • Harris Blake, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-second Senate district
  • George Blake, former British spy
  • Gordon Blake, US Air Force lieutenant general
  • Henry Arthur Blake, British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong
  • Sophie Blake, English television presenter and former model
  • Amanda Blake, American actress best
  • Robert Blake, Baron Blake, English historian and peer
  • Nzinga Blake, American / Sierra Leonean actress
  • Madge Blake, American character actress best remembered for her roles as Larry Mondello's mother, Margaret Mondello
  • Steve Blake, American former professional basketball player and currently coaching intern of the Portland Trail Blazers
  • Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Jeff Blake, retired American football quarterback
  • Casey Blake, American former professional baseball third baseman
  • Ran Blake, American pianist, composer, and educator
  • Gillian Blake, retired British actress
  • Jeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter

Blake Namesakes

  • Robert R. Blake, American management theoretician
  • Dave Blake, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • James "Spanish" Blake, Anglo-Irish merchant, soldier, and spy
  • Robert O. Blake, American diplomat
  • Gerald Blake, television director during the 1960s to the 1980s
  • Joaquín Blake, Spanish military officer
  • Wilfred Theodore Blake, pioneer aviator, travel writer and traveller
  • A. G. E. Blake, philosophical thinker and author
  • Ronald James Blake, civil engineer
  • Walter Blake, , 6th Bt
  • William Phipps Blake, American geologist, mining consultant
  • Rodney Blake, Australian professional rugby union footballer
  • Bruce P. Blake, retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church
  • Perry Blake, Irish singer and songwriter
  • Mickey Blake, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger
  • Stanley Thatcher Blake, Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland and
  • Ronnie Blake, trumpeter from Los Angeles
  • Karl Blake, vocalist, bassist
  • Gil Blake, speculator investor and fund manager
  • Rockwell Blake, American operatic tenor
  • Stéphanie Blake, author of children's stories who lives in Paris
  • Ally Blake, Australian writer of romance novels
  • Wilfred Blake, English first-class cricketer
  • Thomas H. Blake, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • H. Emerson Blake, ecologist, the editor-in-chief at Orion Magazine
  • Robert Pierpont Blake, American Byzantinist and scholar of the Armenian and Georgian cultures
  • John Lauris Blake, American clergyman and bestselling author
  • Marty Blake, general manager of the Atlanta Hawks franchise
  • Blind Blake, American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
  • William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker
  • Eubie Blake, American composer, lyricist
  • Quentin Blake, English cartoonist
  • Edward Blake, second Premier of Ontario, Canada
  • Rob Blake, Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player
  • Harris Blake, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-second Senate district
  • George Blake, former British spy
  • Gordon Blake, US Air Force lieutenant general
  • Henry Arthur Blake, British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong
  • Sophie Blake, English television presenter and former model
  • Amanda Blake, American actress best
  • Robert Blake, Baron Blake, English historian and peer
  • Nzinga Blake, American / Sierra Leonean actress
  • Madge Blake, American character actress best remembered for her roles as Larry Mondello's mother, Margaret Mondello
  • Steve Blake, American former professional basketball player and currently coaching intern of the Portland Trail Blazers
  • Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Jeff Blake, retired American football quarterback
  • Casey Blake, American former professional baseball third baseman
  • Ran Blake, American pianist, composer, and educator
  • Gillian Blake, retired British actress
  • Jeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter

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