How common is the surname Koop?

2,468 people in the United States had the surname Koop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,099 Americans. It ranked 12,548th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Koop?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Koop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Koop?

C. Everett Koop, American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013).

Where is the surname Koop most common?

Wikidata records people named Koop in the United States.

Is the surname Koop getting more or less common?

More common. 2,351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,468 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Koop

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 2,468 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koop is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From West Germanic * As a Dutch and German surname, from kopen (“to buy”). * As a West Frisian surname, shortened from Jakob, a form of Jacob.

Koop is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,468 people named Koop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,099 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,351.

#12,548

rank among US surnames

2,468

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #12,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,540	Volker	2,471	124,948
#12,541	Fairman	2,470	124,998
#12,547	Baumgart	2,469	125,049
#12,548	Koop	2,468	125,099
#12,554	Crotts	2,467	125,150
#12,557	Pathak	2,466	125,201

Who is named Koop

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

93% of people named Koop identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Koops

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

C. Everett Koop
American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Koop

Koop has the Soundex code K100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K100.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Koop come from?: From West Germanic * As a Dutch and German surname, from kopen (“to buy”). * As a West Frisian surname, shortened from Jakob, a form of Jacob.
How common is the surname Koop?: 2,468 people in the United States had the surname Koop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,099 Americans. It ranked 12,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Koop?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Koop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Koop?: C. Everett Koop, American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013).
Where is the surname Koop most common?: Wikidata records people named Koop in the United States.
What type of surname is Koop?: Koop is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Koop getting more or less common?: More common. 2,351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,468 in 2010, up 5.0%.