# Copeland (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English of someone from that area.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 55,850 |
| US rank (2010) | 609 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,528 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (53,771 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkop.lənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Copeland 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Copeland in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Copeland

- Stewart Copeland, American drummer and composer (born 1952)
- Misty Copeland, American ballet dancer
- Lillian Copeland, American athletics competitor (born 1904)
- Ralph Copeland, British astronomer (1837-1905)
- Joan Copeland, American actress (1922–2022)
- Herbert Faulkner Copeland, American biologist (1902–1968)
- Chris Copeland, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist
- Shemekia Copeland, American electric blues singer
- Johnny Copeland, American blues musician (1937-1997)
- Edwin Bingham Copeland, American botanist (1873-1964)
- Royal S. Copeland, American politician (1868–1938)

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Caplan, Capellan, Coplin, Chaplin, Coblentz, Caplinger, Couvillion.

## 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.