Last name: TOWNLEY
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TOWNLEY : This last name is indexed 46,168 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
TOWNLEY : English (Lancashire): habitational name from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire which is named with Middle English toun(e) ton(e) ‘town village settlement’ (Old English tūn) + leie ‘glade clearing’. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century.
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