Whalley

English

Etymology

Variant of Whaley.

Proper noun

Whalley (countable and uncountable, plural Whalleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7336).
2. The city centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, named after Arthur Whalley.
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Whalley Range

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whalley is the 35016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 644 individuals. Whalley is most common among White (93.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whalley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.