# Copley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/copley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,568 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,303 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,008 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (6,485 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Copley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Copley in British Empire, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Copley

- John Singleton Copley, American painter (1738-1815)
- Paul Copley, British actor
- Teri Copley, American actress

## Similar surnames

Coppola, Caple, Copple, Coble, Cobble, Chappell, Cable, Cabello, Chapple, Cavallo, Covell, Cappello.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.