# Coppin (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,124 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,791 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,685 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (1,104 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, reduced pet form of Jacob. * As a French surname, from compain (“companion”). * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from McCoppin, McCappin, McAlpine, from Mac Ailpein, Ailpín, "son of Alpean," possibly from ailp (“lump”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coppin 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) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coppin in Belgium and the United States.

## People named Coppin

- Marguerite Coppin, Belgian poet
- Fanny Jackson Coppin, American educator (1837–1913)

## Similar surnames

Copen, Coffin, Cobian, Covin, Covino, Chapin, Chaffin, Caban, Capone, Chauvin, Chafin, Cavin.

## 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.