Fazakerley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Fazackerley

Etymology

From Old English fæs (“border; fringe”) + æcer (“field”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) . Compare Ackerley.

Proper noun

Fazakerley (countable and uncountable, plural Fazakerleys)

1. A northern suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3897).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fazakerley is the 9364^th most common surname in England, belonging to 652 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fazakerley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 557.