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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (West Midlands) : habitational name, probably from Blakeway Farm near Much Wenlock, Shropshire. The place name is derived from Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ + weg ‘road’, ‘path’, ‘way’.

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