# Cope (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cope/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,410 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,964 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,771 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (18,110 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cope in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cope in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Cope

- Edward Drinker Cope, American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
- Haley Cope, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Kenneth Cope, British actor (1931–2024)
- David Cope, American composer and scientist
- John Cope, British Army general (1690-1760)

## Similar surnames

Copp, Cape, Coop, Coppa, Covey, Cobb, Coffey, Chapa, Cave, Cupp, Coffee, Chaffee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.