Tansley

English

Etymology

From Old English tān (“twig, branch”) + -s- + lēah (“clearing, glade”).

Proper noun

Tansley (countable and uncountable, plural Tansleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3259).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tansley is the 71678^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 272 individuals. Tansley is most common among White (89.71%) individuals.

Further reading

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