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Blogg is a surname. The surnames Blogg/Bloggs/Bloke, is believed to have been derived from the East Anglian region of Britain, Norfolk or Suffolk, deriving from bloc, "pale, fair, shining". [1] Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. Last name: Blogg, The Internet Surname Database