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 or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Copelan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Copelan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 509,669th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Copelan reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Copelan is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 17 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 577,164. In The United States Copelan is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 41 percent live, South Carolina, where 6 percent live and North Carolina, where 4 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Copelan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Copelan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Copelan surname increased 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 those holding the Copelan last name are 33.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80.17% registered to vote for the political 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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