Hammersley

English

Alternative forms

• Hamersley

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place believed to have been in Staffordshire, perhaps from the Old English personal name Hamela + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Hammersley (plural Hammersleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammersley is the 24404^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1026 individuals. Hammersley is most common among White (91.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hammersley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.

Anagrams

• male rhymes