Eckersley

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Ecgheard + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Eckersley (plural Eckersleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eckersley is the 47186^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 450 individuals. Eckersley is most common among White (92.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eckersley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 510.