Warley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Worley

Etymology

From Old English wer (“weir, dam”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to weir +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Warley (countable and uncountable, plural Warleys)

1. A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ592923).
2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Warley is the 73215^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 265 individuals. Warley is most common among White (56.6%) and Black/African American (31.7%) individuals.

Further reading

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