Towneley

English

Alternative forms

• Townley

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Burnley, in Lancashire, from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to town +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Towneley (plural Towneleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Towneley is the 132302^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 13 individuals.

Further reading

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