Last name: DUNKLEY

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DUNKLEY : This last name is indexed 25,703 times on Geneanet!

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DUNKLEY : English:: 1: (Northamptonshire): habitational name from Dinckley in Lancashire recorded as Dunkythele in 1246 and Dinkedeley in 1258 probably arising from an old British name composed of elements meaning ‘fort’ + ‘wood’ with the addition of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.2: in the South Midlands perhaps a variant of Dingley.

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