Whalley
English
Etymology
Variant of Whaley.
Proper noun
Whalley (countable and uncountable, plural Whalleys)
- A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7336).
- The city centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, named after Arthur Whalley.
- A surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whalley is the 35016th 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.
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