Mackley
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place near Sudbury, in Derbyshire, probably from the Old English personal name Macca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Mackley (plural Mackleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mackley is the 16313th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1767 individuals. Mackley is most common among White (91.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mackley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.