as a Last Name
- 3,871
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Townley
Meaning & Origins
English (especially northwestern): habitational name from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire, which is named with Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’; or a topographic name for someone who lived at a clearing associated with a farm or village. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century.
| 7,440th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,871
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Oklahoma
- has the most people named Townley per capita
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