Yearsley

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Eofor, a byname from eofor (“wild boar”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Yearsley (countable and uncountable, plural Yearsleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yearsley is the 32302^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 713 individuals. Yearsley is most common among White (94.95%) individuals.

Further reading

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