How common is the surname Copen?

1,064 people in the United States had the surname Copen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,174 Americans. It ranked 23,768th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Copen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Copen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Copen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,064 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Copen

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,064 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Copen is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

Spelling variant of both Coppin and Koppen (a German patronymic surname reduced from Jakob).

Copen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,064 people named Copen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,174 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,030.

#23,768

rank among US surnames

1,064

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,143)

Who is named Copen

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

95% of people named Copen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Copen

Copen has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Questions

Where does the surname Copen come from?: Spelling variant of both Coppin and Koppen (a German patronymic surname reduced from Jakob).
How common is the surname Copen?: 1,064 people in the United States had the surname Copen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,174 Americans. It ranked 23,768th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Copen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Copen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Copen?: Copen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Copen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,064 in 2010, up 3.3%.