Origins of the Copley surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 43North West 28Isle of Man 3Yorkshire 1942East Midlands 171West Midlands 16East 53London 230South East 92South West 28South Wales 2Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 4Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Copleys lived in yorkshire

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    2,500 Copley Travel & migration records
    23,000 Copleys found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Copleys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Copleys in 1921

    Dressmaker

    109

    House Servant

    52

    General Servant

    45

    General Servant Domestic

    42

    Worsted Spinner

    41

    Commmon male occupations for Copleys in 1921

    Coal Miner

    212

    Coal Miner Hewer

    82

    Carpenter

    70

    General Labourer

    68

    Joiner

    61

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