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Hawksley Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English hauk, hauek ‘hawk’ + ley(e) ‘open country’, ‘grassland’, ‘field’, or a habitational name from Hawkesley Hall in King’s Norton, Worcestershire, named from the Old English personal name Heafoc or Old English heafoc ‘hawk’, ‘clearing’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Hawley, Hansley, Mawdsley, Hanley, Harley, Hensley, Akeley, Ansley

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Hawksley Family Origin

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Hawksley Family Occupations

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  • Annuitant

    4%

  • Coal Miner

    4%

  • Butcher

    3%

  • Charwoman

    3%

In 1881, a less common occupation for the Hawksley family was Charwoman. The most common Hawksley occupation in the UK was Annuitant. 4% of Hawksley's were Annuitants. Annuitant, Coal Miner and Butcher were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Hawksley.

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Hawksley Life Expectancy

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