How common is the surname Copeland?

55,850 people in the United States had the surname Copeland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,528 Americans. It ranked 609th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Copeland?

Stewart Copeland, American drummer and composer (born 1952), followed by Misty Copeland.

Where is the surname Copeland most common?

Wikidata records people named Copeland in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Copeland?

Copeland is /ˈkop.lənd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Copeland getting more or less common?

More common. 53,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 55,850 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Copeland

A place surname, carried by 55,850 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkop.lənd/ 2 syllables Soundex C145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Copeland is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

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

Copeland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 55,850 people named Copeland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,528 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 53,771.

#609

rank among US surnames

55,850

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #565)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#600	Zuniga	56,347	5,479
#601	Carey	56,322	5,482
#602	Wilcox	56,286	5,485
#603	Melendez	56,230	5,491
#604	Poole	56,226	5,491
#605	Roberson	56,180	5,496
#606	Larsen	55,960	5,517

Who is named Copeland

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

66% of people named Copeland identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Copelands

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stewart Copeland
American drummer and composer (born 1952)
Misty Copeland
American ballet dancer, born 1982
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, born 1936
Shemekia Copeland
American electric blues singer, born 1979
Johnny Copeland
American blues musician (1937-1997)
Edwin Bingham Copeland
American botanist (1873-1964)
Royal S. Copeland
American politician (1868–1938)

Notable Copelands come mostly from the United States (14), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Copeland

Copeland has the Soundex code C145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C145.

Questions

How common is the surname Copeland?: 55,850 people in the United States had the surname Copeland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,528 Americans. It ranked 609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Copeland?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Copeland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Copeland?: Stewart Copeland, American drummer and composer (born 1952), followed by Misty Copeland.
Where is the surname Copeland most common?: Wikidata records people named Copeland in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Copeland?: Copeland is /ˈkop.lənd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Copeland?: Copeland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Copeland getting more or less common?: More common. 53,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 55,850 in 2010, up 3.9%.