Hammersley
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Habitational surname from a lost place believed to have been in Staffordshire, perhaps from the Old English personal name Hamela + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun edit
Hammersley (plural Hammersleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammersley is the 24404th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1026 individuals. Hammersley is most common among White (91.52%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hammersley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.