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Origin Of The Surname Manley
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Meaning Of The Surname Manley
One who Lives by the Common Land
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Interesting
Facts About
Manley
Manley is a surname that could have been used either topographically or locationally. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. However, many places are named topographically, meaning their name refers to a distinctive feature that they are near to. Similarly people could have had topographical surnames where their surnames related to a feature near to their home. Manley is made up of the Old English ‘maene’ meaning ‘belonging to everybody’ and ‘leah’ which referred to an area of land. Therefore the original bearer of this name could have come from a place called Manley, or they could have had their home next to some common land. |
Manley Statistics
Manley is the number 1764 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,135 share the surname Manley in the UK.
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