Last Name COPLAND

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Meaning Local: Of Coupland, a township in the parish of Kirk Newton, county Northumberland. A large tract of country in Cumberland also bore this name. John de Coupland was the hero of the battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. He took David Bruce prisoner. No doubt he represented the Northumberland township.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian

Rank 24,007 (2000 US census) 18,284 (1990 US census)
Count 981 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.46%, or 701 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 23.45%, or 230 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.33%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.06%, or 30 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

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