Surname Spotlight: Tapley

Families named Tapley carry an English surname with a long history. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “one who came from Tapeley (wood where pegs were cut), in Devonshire”.

Family crest and blazon

Sharing the Tapley name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Where the name comes from

Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

About 3,264 people in the United States were recorded as Tapley in 2010, placing it 9,902 on the national list. Research your Tapley family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.