Womersley
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old English personal name Wilmaer + -s- + lēah (“clearing, glade”).
Proper noun[edit]
Womersley (countable and uncountable, plural Womersleys)
- A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5319).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Womersley is the 157234th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 103 individuals. Womersley is most common among White (91.26%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Womersley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh