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    The surname Koopmann

    A German occupational surname, carried by 528 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K155

    Koopmann: #41,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Koopmann #41,234, 528 people Koopmann: #41,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Koopmann #41,234, 528 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koopmann is more common than 74.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German kōpman (“merchant, buyer”), from Old Saxon kōpman, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann. This is the Low German form of Kaufmann. Compare Koopman.

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 528 people named Koopmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 584,745 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 469.

    #41,234
    rank among US surnames
    528
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #43,377)

    Who is named Koopmann

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

    96% of people named Koopmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Koopmanns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elisabeth Hevelius
      Astronomer, 1647–1693

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Koopmann

    Koopmann has the Soundex code K155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K155.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Koopmann come from?
    North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German kōpman (“merchant, buyer”), from Old Saxon kōpman, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann. This is the Low German form of Kaufmann. Compare Koopman.
    How common is the surname Koopmann?
    528 people in the United States had the surname Koopmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 584,745 Americans. It ranked 41,234th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koopmann?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Koopmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Koopmann?
    Elisabeth Hevelius, astronomer.
    Where is the surname Koopmann most common?
    Wikidata records people named Koopmann in Gdańsk.
    What type of surname is Koopmann?
    Koopmann is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Koopmann getting more or less common?
    More common. 469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 528 in 2010, up 13%.
    What are other spellings of Koopmann?
    Koopman.