How common is the surname Copas?

2,046 people in the United States had the surname Copas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,902 Americans. It ranked 14,564th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Copas?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Copas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Copas getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,046 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Copas

A surname, carried by 2,046 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Copas is more common than 91% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,046 people named Copas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,902 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,060.

#14,564

rank among US surnames

2,046

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,558	McCardle	2,047	150,828
#14,564	Copas	2,046	150,902
#14,570	Amy	2,045	150,976
#14,571	Varughese	2,044	151,050

Who is named Copas

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Copas identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Copas

Copas has the Soundex code C120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C120.

Questions

How common is the surname Copas?: 2,046 people in the United States had the surname Copas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,902 Americans. It ranked 14,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Copas?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Copas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Copas getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,046 in 2010, down 0.7%.