Cooper is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, England, Netherlands. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cooper
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Lastname is variant form of Coupar. Parishes in Fifeshire and Perthshire. Sometimes a corruption of Cooper.

The occupation-a maker of barrels, tubs, etc.; originally from coop, to keep or contain anything, whether wine in a cask, or a hen in her prison. Anglo-Saxon, kepan, cepan. See Cowper - The old spelling of Cooper. The pronunciation of the poet's name, an unnecessarily vexed question, is settled by this identity. Both the carl and the poet sprang from a Sussex family, who in 1495 wrote themselves Cooper

Le Coupere, Coupare, Cuparius, etc.

Cooper.

One who made and sold casks, buckets and tubs.

Lastname is variation of Cowper. Cooper.

Cooper is variation of Copper. A cup bearer. "Palice of Honour." quoted by Scholar. Anglo-Saxon cop, a cup.

A variant of Cowper. The old spelling of Cooper. The pronunciation of the poet's name, an unnecessarily vexed question, is settled by this identity. Both the carl and the poet sprang from a Sussex family, who in 1495 wrote themselves Cooper.

How popular is Cooper?

Cooper is common in United States, England, Australia, Liberia, Canada, South Africa, Scotland, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Wales, Bahamas, Jamaica, Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Northern Ireland, France, Honduras, Thailand, Israel, Brazil, Spain, Russia, India, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Argentina, Botswana, Panama, Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Bahrain, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Saint Lucia, Japan, China, Uruguay, Switzerland, Nigeria, Namibia, Portugal, Bermuda, Jersey, Isle of Man, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Italy.

Cooper is ranked 821 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cooper bearers increased by 3.96 per cent in 2010 US census to 280791 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6 spots and ranked at 70. The last name was found in around 10 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.93 70.36
Black 26.13 25.26
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.54
Others 2.31 1.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.4
Cooper is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Bahamas lie ahead in terms of density. Around 643731 person has been found who wears Cooper as their family name. Cooper is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Cooper:
59 United States364,021
27 England122,070
Countries with ten thousands of Cooper:
43 Australia41,912
8 Liberia31,418
114 Canada26,022
Countries with thousands of Cooper:
1,075 South Africa6,372
127 Scotland6,144
31 New Zealand5,682
251 Sierra Leone5,254
64 Wales4,288
18 Bahamas3,500
166 Jamaica3,186
406 Ireland2,169
84 Trinidad and Tobago1,947
213 Northern Ireland1,707
5,877 France1,449
540 Honduras1,371
6,333 Thailand1,328
1,100 Israel1,199
Countries with hundreds of Cooper:
10,132 Brazil813
5,441 Spain782
22,262 Russia712
51,469 India583
16,921 Germany577
9,689 Saudi Arabia477
35,964 Philippines428
8,591 Argentina420
996 Botswana359
968 Panama339
9,327 Netherlands311
8,099 Mexico299
2,595 Chile288
3,809 Venezuela283
2,198 Dominican Republic254
644 Fiji251
736 Costa Rica225
1,124 Nicaragua208
1,173 Bahrain206
3,847 Sweden198
11,570 Zimbabwe196
178 Saint Lucia192
17,288 Japan177
567 China163
2,525 Uruguay157
7,022 Switzerland151
48,905 Nigeria146
3,138 Namibia134
4,225 Portugal123
80 Bermuda119
97 Jersey113
118 Isle of Man106
7,092 Norway104
16,639 Belgium103
5,666 Denmark102
55,891 Italy101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
102 Guernsey96
17,368 Malaysia92
1,348 Guyana89
12,644 Peru82
7,866 Ecuador79
267 Grenada74
10,508 United Arab Emirates72
1,902 Hong Kong71
1,460 Cyprus70
540 Barbados67
16,840 Papua New Guinea66
4,143 Cuba61
31,389 Greece56
1,774 Luxembourg56
337 United States Virgin Islands55
1,050 Belize53
6,121 Latvia51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
31,190 Czechia48
25,664 Belarus47
32,439 Kazakhstan42
132 British Virgin Islands40
306 Dominica40
9,069 Haiti40
30,538 Pakistan40
6,408 Estonia38
20,300 Zambia38
556 Guam37
12,381 Iraq37
10,324 Colombia36
128 Turks and Caicos Islands35
232 Gibraltar32
837 Malta30
11,477 Ghana29
14,967 Kuwait29
228,527 Indonesia28
11,103 Afghanistan25
19,121 Finland23
40,442 Austria22
620 Antigua and Barbuda21
93,678 Poland21
96 Monaco19
14,725 Qatar19
410 Saint Kitts and Nevis19
5,642 Suriname19
18,761 Moldova18
560 South Korea18
48,093 Egypt17
67 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha17
13,856 Singapore17
4,719 New Caledonia16
3,970 Oman16
37,235 Hungary15
75,106 Uganda15
41,178 Kenya11
2,636 Vietnam11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
35,095 Croatia10
5,853 Guatemala10
252,049 Ukraine10
5,402 Chad9
3,802 Madagascar9
54,497 Morocco9
479 Samoa9
719 Swaziland9
130,497 Turkey9
32,268 Uzbekistan9
49 Norfolk Island8
3,798 El Salvador7
186,522 Iran7
8,416 Mauritius7
1,961 American Samoa6
17,284 Bangladesh6
19,750 Georgia6
18,975 Slovenia6
12,102 Sri Lanka6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Johanna Cooper was 14 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 5, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as weaver and took Messenger from Liverpool. Jno. Cooper, aged 25, William Cooper, aged 30, Rachel Cooper (26) Immigrant, U-Mr. Cooper (50) Farmer, Mrs Cooper (40) Immigrant, Hugh Cooper (30) Tailoress, William Cooper (24) Bricklayer, Thomas Cooper, aged 35, and 280 other Cooper around 46.67% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and bricklayer, carpenter, house maid, painter, baker, servant, spinster, shoemaker, dressmaker, mechanic, merchant migrated to US.

From Germany

Denah Cooper from Germany aboard the Neptune from Liverpool on September 3, 1865. He is registered to be 2 months old when he arrived in USA. Eliza Cooper, 30 years old Hanah Cooper, 2 years old Isaac Cooper, Rebecca Cooper, aged 5, Smot. Cooper (33) Tailor, Albert Cooper (2), Bet. Cooper, aged 7, 24 years old Joe. Cooper, and 15 other Cooper majority of whom were servant and others worked as farmer and laborer migrated to US.

Cooper Namesakes

  • Charles Henry Cooper, English antiquarian
  • Thomas Sidney Cooper, English landscape painter noted for his images of cattle and farm animals
  • Alfred Cooper, fashionable English surgeon and clubman of the late 19th century whose patients included Edward
  • Susie Cooper, prolific English ceramic designer working
  • Jilly Cooper, English author
  • James Graham Cooper, American surgeon and naturalist
  • Edmund Cooper, English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, romances
  • Wyllis Cooper, American writer and producer
  • Wilson Marion Cooper, notable musician and music teacher within the Sacred Harp tradition
  • Kenneth H. Cooper, doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel
  • Selina Cooper, English suffragist and the first woman to represent the Independent Labour Party
  • Samuel Cooper, English miniature painter
  • Tarzan Cooper, American professional basketball player
  • Marc Cooper, American journalist, author
  • Jessie Cooper, was elected as a Liberal and Country League representative to the South Australian Legislative Council at the 1959 election
  • Alexander Cooper, English Baroque miniature painter
  • Arnold Cooper, Tobin-Cooper Professor Emeritus
  • Abraham Cooper, English animal and battle painter
  • Ivan Cooper, member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
  • Imogen Cooper, English pianist
  • Charles J. Cooper, founding member and chairman of the law firm Cooper & Kirk
  • Daniel C. Cooper, American surveyor, farmer
  • Frederic Taber Cooper, Ph
  • Sapphire Cooper, former field hockey player from New Zealand,
  • Theodore Cooper, American civil engineer
  • William Heaton Cooper, notable English impressionistic landscape artist
  • Alfred Heaton Cooper, English watercolour artist
  • Madison Cooper, Madison Alexander Cooper, Jr
  • Jacqui Cooper, retired Australian freestyle skier and motivational speaker
  • Bernard Cooper, American novelist and short story writer
  • Leontine Cooper, teacher, a pioneer trade union organiser
  • T Cooper, American novelist, nonfiction writer
  • Emil Cooper, Russian conductor and violinist
  • Jerry W. Cooper, Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 14th district, which encompasses Franklin, Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy
  • John W. Cooper, John Walcott Cooper, Jr
  • Nathan Abraham Cooper, United States Army General
  • Carolyn Cooper, West Indian author and literary scholar
  • Martha Cooper, American photojournalist
  • Dulcie Cooper, Australian-born American stage actress
  • Musa Cooper, American dancer and fitness model
  • Louise Cooper, British fantasy writer
  • Jenny Cooper, Canadian actress
  • Roy Percy Cooper, Australian accountant and amateur ornithologist
  • Colm Cooper, Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen years
  • Gordon Cooper, Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr
  • Leon Cooper, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate,
  • Astley Cooper, British surgeon and anatomist,
  • Danese Cooper, American programmer
  • Carl Cooper, former Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of St
  • S. Barry Cooper, British mathematician and computability theorist
  • D. B. Cooper, media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man
  • Gary Cooper, American actor
  • Susan Cooper, English author of children's books
  • Tommy Cooper, Welsh prop comedian and magician
  • Betty Cooper, character
  • Alice Cooper, American singer, songwriter

Cooper Namesakes

  • Charles Henry Cooper, English antiquarian
  • Thomas Sidney Cooper, English landscape painter noted for his images of cattle and farm animals
  • Alfred Cooper, fashionable English surgeon and clubman of the late 19th century whose patients included Edward
  • Susie Cooper, prolific English ceramic designer working
  • Jilly Cooper, English author
  • James Graham Cooper, American surgeon and naturalist
  • Edmund Cooper, English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, romances
  • Wyllis Cooper, American writer and producer
  • Wilson Marion Cooper, notable musician and music teacher within the Sacred Harp tradition
  • Kenneth H. Cooper, doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel
  • Selina Cooper, English suffragist and the first woman to represent the Independent Labour Party
  • Samuel Cooper, English miniature painter
  • Tarzan Cooper, American professional basketball player
  • Marc Cooper, American journalist, author
  • Jessie Cooper, was elected as a Liberal and Country League representative to the South Australian Legislative Council at the 1959 election
  • Alexander Cooper, English Baroque miniature painter
  • Arnold Cooper, Tobin-Cooper Professor Emeritus
  • Abraham Cooper, English animal and battle painter
  • Ivan Cooper, member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
  • Imogen Cooper, English pianist
  • Charles J. Cooper, founding member and chairman of the law firm Cooper & Kirk
  • Daniel C. Cooper, American surveyor, farmer
  • Frederic Taber Cooper, Ph
  • Sapphire Cooper, former field hockey player from New Zealand,
  • Theodore Cooper, American civil engineer
  • William Heaton Cooper, notable English impressionistic landscape artist
  • Alfred Heaton Cooper, English watercolour artist
  • Madison Cooper, Madison Alexander Cooper, Jr
  • Jacqui Cooper, retired Australian freestyle skier and motivational speaker
  • Bernard Cooper, American novelist and short story writer
  • Leontine Cooper, teacher, a pioneer trade union organiser
  • T Cooper, American novelist, nonfiction writer
  • Emil Cooper, Russian conductor and violinist
  • Jerry W. Cooper, Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 14th district, which encompasses Franklin, Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy
  • John W. Cooper, John Walcott Cooper, Jr
  • Nathan Abraham Cooper, United States Army General
  • Carolyn Cooper, West Indian author and literary scholar
  • Martha Cooper, American photojournalist
  • Dulcie Cooper, Australian-born American stage actress
  • Musa Cooper, American dancer and fitness model
  • Louise Cooper, British fantasy writer
  • Jenny Cooper, Canadian actress
  • Roy Percy Cooper, Australian accountant and amateur ornithologist
  • Colm Cooper, Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fifteen years
  • Gordon Cooper, Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr
  • Leon Cooper, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate,
  • Astley Cooper, British surgeon and anatomist,
  • Danese Cooper, American programmer
  • Carl Cooper, former Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of St
  • S. Barry Cooper, British mathematician and computability theorist
  • D. B. Cooper, media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man
  • Gary Cooper, American actor
  • Susan Cooper, English author of children's books
  • Tommy Cooper, Welsh prop comedian and magician
  • Betty Cooper, character
  • Alice Cooper, American singer, songwriter

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