Lumley

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Lumley (countable and uncountable, plural Lumleys)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A hamlet near Hermitage, Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7506).

Related terms

• Great Lumley
• Little Lumley
• Lumley Thicks

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lumley is the 10729^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2976 individuals. Lumley is most common among White (90.86%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lumley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.

Anagrams

• Mulley, mulley