Copestake
English
Alternative forms
- Capstick
Etymology
Occupational surname for a woodcutter, from Old French coper (“to cut”) + Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”).
Proper noun
Copestake (plural Copestakes)
- A surname, from occupations.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Copestake is the 7251st most common surname in England, belonging to 907 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Copestake”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN