Hopwood

English

Etymology

From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Hopwood (countable and uncountable, plural Hopwoods)

1. A suburb of Heywood, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD865095).
2. A village in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP030749).
3. A census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hopwood is the 11057^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2875 individuals. Hopwood is most common among White (84.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hopwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.