Last name: BLAKE
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BLAKE : This last name is indexed 478,999 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BLAKE : A corruption of the British Ap Lake, from Ap, signifying from, or son, and Lake, the son of Lake. The family went into Ireland with Strongbow, where the name became corrupted into Blake. Ap Lake was one of the knights of Arthur's Round Table.
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