Last Name COPPIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Copin, i.e. Jacob. An early French equivalent of Italian Coppo, the nickname of Jacob, diminutive Coppin. The 'g' in Copping is an excrescense.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 21,916 (2000 US census) 14,367 (1990 US census)
Count 1,104 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 60.42%, or 667 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 27.45%, or 303 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.26%, or 25 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 7.97%, or 88 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

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Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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