Cropley

English

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.

Proper noun

Cropley (plural Cropleys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cropley is the 47272^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 449 individuals. Cropley is most common among White (89.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cropley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 388.