Wortley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Worley

Etymology

From Old English wyrt (“plant, vegetable”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wort +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)

1. An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2732).
2. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3099).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wortley is the 44034^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 489 individuals. Wortley is most common among White (95.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wortley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.