Towneley
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place near Burnley, in Lancashire, from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to town + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Towneley (plural Towneleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Towneley is the 132302nd most common surname in England, belonging to 13 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Towneley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears