Last Name BLAIR

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Meaning	A cleared plain, and as this was often the ground selected for combats and battles, Blair came to signify a battle. The family are descended from William de Blair, 1205. Local: From 'Blair' or 'Blar,' which originally signified "a cleared plain," but from the Celts generally choosing such plains for their fields of battle, blair came to signify a battle. There is a small village called the Blair near Lochord, about two miles from Lochleven, in Fifeshire, Scotland. It signifies a spot where a battle was fought, "locus pugnce." Here, it is supposed, an engagement took place between the Romans and the Caledonians, A.D. 83.

Origin	Scottish, Celtic, Jewish, French, Irish, Falkland

Rank	380 (2000 US census)	369 (1990 US census)

Count	75,135 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.13%, or 61708 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.52%, or 10158 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 353 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 458 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.68%, or 1262 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.59%, or 1195 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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