Hopwood
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + wudu (“wood”).
Proper noun edit
Hopwood (countable and uncountable, plural Hopwoods)
- A suburb of Heywood, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD865095).
- A village in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP030749).
- A census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hopwood is the 11057th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2875 individuals. Hopwood is most common among White (84.28%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hopwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.