Last Name BLEASE

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Meaning The son of Blaze. St. Blaise was the patron saint of wool-combers, and his festival (Feb. 3) was faithfully commemorated in Yorkshire. A full-sized effigy of the bishop is carved in the principl entranceto to the Bradford Exchange. As a font-name Blaise, or Blaze, just managed to survive the Reformation. Gil Blas has immortalized the name in lilterature.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 52,500 (2000 US census)
Count 371 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.1%, or 312 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.55%, or 28 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.77%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 4.58%, or 17 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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