How common is the last name Copeland?

53,472 people in the United States have the last name Copeland, about 1 in 5,590. It ranks #619 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COPELAND

#619

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
53,472
About
1 in 5,590
This common or more
34.3%
Who bears it

Of the 53,472 people with the last name Copeland, 63.3% reported their origin as White, 27.4% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Copeland

#617 Velez · 53,491#618 Monroe · 53,483#620 Huff · 53,338#621 Sosa · 53,289

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Copeland, most common first.

#28,656 Copelin · 884#29,168 Copland · 865#37,037 Coplan · 648#44,135 Coupland · 525#53,758 Copelan · 415#72,692 Coffland · 288

Also a first name

As a first name, Copeland ranks #12,338 of 53,615, with 1,012 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 157 births. See Copeland as a first name

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