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Origin Of The Surname Whiteley
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Meaning Of The Surname Whiteley
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Interesting
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Whiteley
Whiteley is a locational surname, originated from any of a few places so-called or similarly spelt across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to a newcomer in a town, where the name of their original place of residence would have been assigned to them as a surname to differentiate them. The town name is made up of the Old English elements ‘ley’ from ‘leah’ meaning clearing, and ‘white’ thought to refer to the colour of trees, therefore the name is likely to mean ‘clearing in the Birch trees’. |
Whiteley Statistics
Whiteley is the number 835 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 11,589 share the surname Whiteley in the UK.
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