Copley

English

Etymology

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

1. A placename
   1. A village west of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0825).
   2. A suburb of Stalybridge, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9798).
   3. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0822).
   4. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
   6. A small town in South Australia.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Copley Hill

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Copley is the 5303^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6568 individuals. Copley is most common among White (94.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Copley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 365.