How common is the surname Kopf?

2,415 people in the United States had the surname Kopf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. It ranked 12,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kopf?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kopf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kopf?

Karlheinz Kopf, Austrian politician, ÖVP.

Where is the surname Kopf most common?

Wikidata records people named Kopf in Austria.

Is the surname Kopf getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,415 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Kopf

A German surname, carried by 2,415 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). Kopf is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

German surname, borrowed from German Kopf (see below). Compare Koepf.

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 2,415 people named Kopf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,424.

#12,775

rank among US surnames

2,415

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,837)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,766	Stalter	2,417	127,739
#12,772	Stiner	2,416	127,792
#12,775	Hennig	2,415	127,845
#12,782	Garibaldi	2,414	127,898

Who is named Kopf

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

95% of people named Kopf identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kopfs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karlheinz Kopf
Austrian politician, ÖVP, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kopf

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kopf come from?: German surname, borrowed from German Kopf (see below). Compare Koepf.
How common is the surname Kopf?: 2,415 people in the United States had the surname Kopf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. It ranked 12,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kopf?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kopf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kopf?: Karlheinz Kopf, Austrian politician, ÖVP.
Where is the surname Kopf most common?: Wikidata records people named Kopf in Austria.
Is the surname Kopf getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,415 in 2010, down 0.4%.