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    The surname Copher

    A surname, carried by 1,015 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C160

    Copher: #24,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Copher #24,608, 1,015 people Copher: #24,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Copher #24,608, 1,015 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Copher is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,015 people named Copher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,018.

    #24,608
    rank among US surnames
    1,015
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,326)

    Who is named Copher

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

    85% of people named Copher identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Copher

    Copher has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Copher?
    1,015 people in the United States had the surname Copher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Copher?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Copher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Copher getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, down 0.3%.