Explore the Family Name Coppage
The meaning of Coppage
English (Warwickshire): variant of Cubbage with devoicing of /b/ to /p/.
Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
How common is the last name Coppage in the United States?
Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Coppage's popularity has seen a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 12,221 to 12,662, indicating a change of -3.61%. Despite the drop in rank, the count of people with the Coppage surname actually increased by 4.45% during the same period, from 2,337 to 2,441. The proportion per 100,000 also saw a slight decrease of -4.6%.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #12,221 | #12,662 | -3.61% |
| Count | 2,337 | 2,441 | 4.45% |
| Proportion per 100k | 0.87 | 0.83 | -4.6% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Coppage
Turning to ethnicity, the Census data shows some shifts within the distribution for the surname Coppage. In 2010, there was a small percentage of people with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, which were previously unrecorded in 2000. The percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races grew by 20.36%, while those identifying as Hispanic nearly doubled from 1.03% to 2.05%. The percentage of those identifying as white and black both decreased slightly, by -2.56% and -0.91% respectively. The data indicates that there has been a slight diversification in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Coppage between 2000 and 2010.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 64.87% | 63.21% | -2.56% |
| Black | 31.88% | 31.59% | -0.91% |
| Hispanic | 1.03% | 2.05% | 99.03% |
| Two or More Races | 1.67% | 2.01% | 20.36% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.66% | 0% |
| American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0% | 0.49% | 0% |