The Blakeney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,107 people carried this name — #8,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,911 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blakeney surname

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blakeney» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Blakeney’.

An early record he cites: Adam de Blakeneye, London, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 108 · public domain.

In print

Blakeney in American newspapers,
1885–1921.

Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Blakeney
Omaha Daily Bee 1921-02-24
Newspaper page from Woman's Chronicle carrying the name Blakeney
Woman's Chronicle 1889-03-30
Newspaper page from Wheeling Sunday Register carrying the name Blakeney
Wheeling Sunday Register 1885-06-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,720 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blakeney in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

12,327 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blakeney. The most, 2,090, date from the 1860s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 5,594
New South Wales 4,329
Western Australia 1,159
Victoria 622
Tasmania 345
South Australia 238
ACT (Canberra) 28

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blakeney.

Who carried it

People named Blakeney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sappho Blakeney
    Sappho Blakeney d. 1973
  • Charlotte Blakeney d. 1906
  • John Blakeney d. 1720
  • Elizabeth Blakeney d. 1744
  • Charles Blakeney d. 1685
  • Robert Blakeney d. 1766

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blakeney,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States390 records

390 records of the Blakeney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 88
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gregory Allen Blakeney

    Born 1950; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, combat engineer; died in an accident 1970 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald C. Blakeney

    Born 1918 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; store manager from Kern County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bell Blakeney

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Andrew Foster from Liverpool, aged 19; dressmaker. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 390 records for Blakeney in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada321 records

321 records of the Blakeney name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 297
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 19
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold K. Blakeney

    Buried in 1940 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 49.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Peter James Blakeney

    Died 1940 in Middle Sackville, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lester Ferguson Blakeney

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 321 records for Blakeney in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia251 records

251 records of the Blakeney name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 102
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 83
  • Tasmanian Names Index 27
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 20
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 19
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Sarah Blakeney

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Burrell, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1836.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chas Blakeney

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Prince Alfred, aged 45; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Anne Ad Julia Blakeney

    Gentlewoman of Franskton, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 251 records for Blakeney in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Blakeney name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record George Patrick Edward Blakeney

    Buried in 1987 at Killin Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 77.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. M. H. Blakeney

    Second Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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