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There are approximately 479 people named Blaker in the UK. That makes it the 10,638th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 8 are named Blaker.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

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Blackard
Belker
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Blaacker
Blackaere
Blacer
Blackar
Blackare
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Blacar
Blackaree
Blaakaer
Balaker
Blaceri
Belaker
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Blackart
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Balacker
Balker
Beulaker

The Blaker surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BLAKER. BLACKER. Cotgrave defines a blaclur as noirehsseur. The hitter word he Englishes by " blacker, blackener, lleacke?;" &c., tlius confounding two opposite ideas, and literally "making white black." The truth is, that the A-Sax. hlao, iinaccented, means black, while Mac signifies pale or white, and the derivative verb, hh'ician, to bleach, or make pale. The Promptorium malies ' bleykester' and ' whytster' synonjanous, and explains them by cand'uJarius, a whitener or bleacher of linen, which is doubtless the meaning of this surname. Blncre, apparently used as a baptismal name, is found in Domesd. The 131ackers of co. Armagh, derive themselves traditionally from I'lacar, a Northman chief who settled at Dublin early in the X. cent. Burke's Commoners, ii. -18.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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