Warley
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Worley
Etymology edit
From Old English wer (“weir, dam”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to weir + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun edit
Warley (countable and uncountable, plural Warleys)
- A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ592923).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Warley is the 73215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 265 individuals. Warley is most common among White (56.6%) and Black/African American (31.7%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.