Exley
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Habitational surname from a place in in West Yorkshire, from a first element found also in Eccles + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Proper noun edit
Exley (plural Exleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Exley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.