Lumley
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Lumley (plural Lumleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lumley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.