Origins of the Cope surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 136North West 417Isle of Man 10Yorkshire 516East Midlands 767West Midlands 2472East 207London 981South East 446South West 142South Wales 47Mid Wales 3West Wales 3North Wales 28Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Copes lived in west-midlands

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    7,100 Cope Travel & migration records
    71,000 Copes found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Cope

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    635th most common surname in the UK

    We have for the Cope surname. The oldest one dates back to 1400.

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    What are the most common Cope first names?

    John

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    Elizabeth

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    Common jobs for Copes

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for Copes in 1921

    Dressmaker

    267

    Domestic Servant

    172

    General Servant Domestic

    150

    Laundress

    140

    General Servant

    118

    Commmon male occupations for Copes in 1921

    Coal Miner

    410

    Agricultural Labourer

    262

    Farmer

    226

    General Labourer

    216

    Bricklayer

    161

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