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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Northern English : variant of the English surname Blenkinsop, a habitational name from a place called Blenkinsopp in Northumberland.
  • This name was brought to America in about 1686 by Ralph Blankinship (1662–1714), who probably came from Cumberland, England.

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