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    The surname Copper

    A surname, carried by 3,211 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C160

    Copper: #10,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Copper #10,030, 3,211 people Copper: #10,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Copper #10,030, 3,211 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Copper is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,211 people named Copper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,152 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,466.

    #10,030
    rank among US surnames
    3,211
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,729)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,023Baynes3,21596,033
    #10,026Ullman3,21396,093
    #10,029Trotman3,21296,123
    #10,030Copper3,21196,152
    #10,034Backman3,21096,182
    #10,036Eccles3,20996,212

    Who is named Copper

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

    57% of people named Copper identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coppers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kahleah Copper
      American basketball player (born 1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Copper

    Copper 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 Copper?
    3,211 people in the United States had the surname Copper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,152 Americans. It ranked 10,030th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Copper?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Copper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Copper?
    Kahleah Copper, American basketball player (born 1994).
    Where is the surname Copper most common?
    Wikidata records people named Copper in the United States.
    Is the surname Copper getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,211 in 2010, down 7.4%.