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Cleveley
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English
Alternative forms
en Cleverly
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of en Enstone, Oxfordshire, from en ang clif cliff; river-bank + ang lēah woodland clearing, glade. Equivalent to en cliff -leigh -ley en lea.
Proper noun
s
en Old English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cleveley is the 19437th most common surname in England, belonging to 237 individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
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