Exley

English

Alternative forms

• Axley

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eccluys (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Proper noun

Exley (plural Exleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Exley is the 19896^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1350 individuals. Exley is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Exley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.