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    The surname Cuppett

    A nickname surname, carried by 509 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkʌpɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex C130

    Cuppett: #42,579 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cuppett #42,579, 509 people Cuppett: #42,579 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cuppett #42,579, 509 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuppett is more common than 73.8% of them.

    Origin

    Alteration of the surname Coppett, from Middle English coppet, copped (literally “peaked, headed”), an adjective which also had the secondary meaning of "haughty". Thence, a nickname for a haughty person. Middle English copped is a derivative of Middle English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), a word inherited from Old English copp (“top, summit, round head”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“crown of the head, hilltop, orb, bowl”).

    Cuppett is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 509 people named Cuppett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 606,573 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 518.

    #42,579
    rank among US surnames
    509
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #39,885)

    Who is named Cuppett

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

    98% of people named Cuppett identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cuppett

    Cuppett has the Soundex code C130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C130.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cuppett come from?
    Alteration of the surname Coppett, from Middle English coppet, copped (literally “peaked, headed”), an adjective which also had the secondary meaning of "haughty". Thence, a nickname for a haughty person. Middle English copped is a derivative of Middle English cop (“top, summit, crown of the…
    How common is the surname Cuppett?
    509 people in the United States had the surname Cuppett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 606,573 Americans. It ranked 42,579th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cuppett?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Cuppett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Cuppett?
    Cuppett is /ˈkʌpɪt/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Cuppett?
    Cuppett is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Cuppett getting more or less common?
    Less common. 518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 509 in 2010, down 1.7%.