Copelan Surname

509,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Copelan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Copelan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6281:577,16447,275
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2191:229,30919,344

Copelan (17) may also be a first name.

Copelan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Copelan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Copelan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Copelan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Copelan is the 509,669th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Copelan live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. Copelan is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 628 people, or 1 in 577,164. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 41 percent are found, South Carolina, where 6 percent are found and North Carolina, where 4 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 1 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.

Copelan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Copelan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Copelan last name grew 287 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Copelan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Copelan are 33.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.17% being registered with the party.

Copelan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.36% less than the national average, earning $39,542 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Copelan
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