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dunkley Name Meaning and History

English: of uncertain derivation, possibly a habitational name from Dinckley in Lancashire, recorded in 1246 as Dunkythele and Dinkedelay, and probably named with an old British name, composed of elements meaning ‘fort’ + ‘wood’, with the addition of Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’. In the British Isles the surname is now most common in Northamptonshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The dunkley name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dunkley family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of dunkley Families in the US in 1920
Number of dunkley families
 15-27
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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