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Exley
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English
thumb|Exley Gardens, Exley, West Yorkshire
Alternative forms
en Axley
Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from en xcb *eglēs church (also found in en Eccles) + en ang lēah woodland clearing.
Proper noun
~ s
en Old English.
en small suburb south of town/Halifax metbor/Calderdale co/West Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE0922. List of United Kingdom locations: Em-Ez#ExWard map (Calderdale: zoom in)
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Exley is the 19896th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1350 individuals. Exley is most common among White (94.44%) individuals.
References
en terms suffixed with -leigh