Recent research has suggested that the last name Windley has been around for nearly 1100 years. This was a regular occupational term throughout the Middle Ages in Southern England, but now the surname is fairly widespread in Northern Europe.
Windley is the 508th most popular surname in Europe. World wide there are around 85953 people with this surname. The recently published 1911 census carried out by H.M. Treasury for the UK shows the largest number of Windley's in the county of Surrey. A late nineteenth century Windley was noted as liking a drink after police allegedly threw him out of no less than five watering holes in one night. 68
Most famous Windley's
There are numerous famous Windley's including:-