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The chalkley Surname

chalkley Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from an unidentified place (probably in southern England, where the surname is commonest and where chalk hills abound), apparently named with Old English cealc ‘chalk’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. The source may be Chalkley Farm in Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, which is recorded from the 12th century.

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Distribution of chalkley Families in the US in 1920
Number of chalkley families
 25-47
 9-24
 1-8
 0
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