# Opie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/opie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Cornish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cornish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 964 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,601 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 320,275 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (915 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Cornish surname, from a pet form of various personal names such as Osborn or Osbald.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Opie in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Opie in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Opie

- Julian Opie, British artist (born 1958)
- Catherine Opie, American photographer (born 1961)
- Chris Opie, British cyclist

## Similar surnames

Opp, Obi.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.