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Cupples Name Meaning

English and Scottish (of Norman orign): from Old French curt peil ‘short hair’ with post-medieval excrescent or genitival -s. See also Copple Scottish: possibly a nickname from cupples one of the pairs of sloping rafters forming two sides of a triangle which support the roof of a building. Irish: possibly a variant of Caplice apparently from an unidentified English surname. It is found mainly in Tipperary and northern Cork.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Curley, Cupps, Curles, Caples, Copper, Buttles, Capps, Appley, Cullis

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You can see how Cupples families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cupples family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Cupples families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 34 Cupples families living in Ontario. This was about 69% of all the recorded Cupples's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Cupples families in 1911.

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There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Cupples. For the veterans among your Cupples ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1946 and 2004, in the United States, Cupples life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1962, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Cupples in 1946 was 44, and 85 in 2004.

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