Lumley
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Lumley (plural Lumleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lumley is the 10729th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2976 individuals. Lumley is most common among White (90.86%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lumley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.
Anagrams
- Mulley, mulley