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    The surname Cropley

    An English place surname, carried by 449 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C614

    Cropley: #47,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cropley #47,272, 449 people Cropley: #47,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cropley #47,272, 449 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cropley is more common than 70.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Cropley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 449 people named Cropley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 687,629 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 500.

    #47,272
    rank among US surnames
    449
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #41,130)

    Who is named Cropley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Cropley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.7%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cropley come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Cropley?
    449 people in the United States had the surname Cropley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 687,629 Americans. It ranked 47,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cropley?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cropley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    What type of surname is Cropley?
    Cropley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cropley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 449 in 2010, down 10%.