Emley

English

Etymology

From the Old English male personal name Ema + lēah (“woodland, glade”).

Proper noun

Emley (countable and uncountable, plural Emleys)

1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE242130).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Emley is the 35395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Emley is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Emley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 526.