How common is the surname Kopecky?

2,034 people in the United States had the surname Kopecky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,792 Americans. It ranked 14,631st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kopecky?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kopecky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kopecky?

Lotte Kopecky, Belgian cyclist.

Where is the surname Kopecky most common?

Wikidata records people named Kopecky in Belgium.

Is the surname Kopecky getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,034 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Kopecky

A Czech surname, carried by 2,034 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kopecky is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Kopecký.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,034 people named Kopecky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,792 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,076.

#14,631

rank among US surnames

2,034

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #13,451)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,624	McQuillen	2,035	151,718
#14,631	Lyda	2,034	151,792
#14,636	Wachtel	2,033	151,867

Who is named Kopecky

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

96% of people named Kopecky identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kopeckys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lotte Kopecky
Belgian cyclist, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kopecky

Kopecky has the Soundex code K120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K120.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kopecky come from?: Borrowed from Czech Kopecký.
How common is the surname Kopecky?: 2,034 people in the United States had the surname Kopecky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,792 Americans. It ranked 14,631st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kopecky?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kopecky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kopecky?: Lotte Kopecky, Belgian cyclist.
Where is the surname Kopecky most common?: Wikidata records people named Kopecky in Belgium.
Is the surname Kopecky getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,034 in 2010, down 2.0%.