Calverley
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English calfra, genitive plural of cælf (“calf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Calverley (countable and uncountable, plural Calverleys)
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2036).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Calverley is the 36970th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 604 individuals. Calverley is most common among White (93.05%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calverley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.
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