# Cropley (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 449 |
| US rank (2010) | 47,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 687,629 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.2% (500 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * English habitational surname from a minor place in Suffolk, from Old English cropp (“swelling, mound”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to crop + -ley (“lea”). * Americanized spelling of Swiss German Kroppli, a variant of Kropf.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cropley 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) | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Similar surnames

Caraballo, Carvalho, Carballo, Courville, Crivello, Curbelo, Crabill, Corbeil.

## 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.