Exley
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eccluys (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Proper noun
Exley (plural Exleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Exley is the 19896th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1350 individuals. Exley is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Exley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.