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Origin Of The Surname Whalley
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Meaning Of The Surname Whalley
From the path near a Fenced Farm or Clearing
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Interesting
Facts About
Whalley
This name originated in Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire and is a locational name. It is believed to originate from the Old English ‘weg’ meaning a track or path, and ‘leah’ which is a fenced farm or clearing. This locational surname applies to any village or similarly named place throughout the UK and would have been used to differentiate the people from that area from other people. |
Whalley Statistics
Whalley is the number 1546 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,496 share the surname Whalley in the UK.
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