Copplestone

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊn === Proper noun === Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones) A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7602). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Copplestone is the 18397th most common surname in England, belonging to 258 individuals. === References === Survey of English Place-Names === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Copplestone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 365. Forebears