Offley

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Offa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Offley (countable and uncountable, plural Offleys)

1. A civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL148262).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Offley is the 77264^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 248 individuals. Offley is most common among Black/African American (52.42%) and White (36.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Offley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.