The surname Koopman
A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 2,417 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K155
Origin
Dutch origin
Anglicised from Dutch Koopman, an occupational surname referring to a merchant (Dutch koopman). Doublet of Chapman and Kaufman.
Koopman 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 2,417 people named Koopman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,465.
Who is named Koopman
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Koopman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Koopman
Koopman has the Soundex code K155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K155.
Other Dutch surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Koopman come from?
- Anglicised from Dutch Koopman, an occupational surname referring to a merchant (Dutch koopman). Doublet of Chapman and Kaufman.
- How common is the surname Koopman?
- 2,417 people in the United States had the surname Koopman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. It ranked 12,766th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Koopman?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Koopman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Koopman?
- Koopman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Koopman getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,417 in 2010, down 1.9%.