How Many People Have the Last Name Cooper?
people had the surname Cooper in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,051 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+10,694 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cooper (67.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 26.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Cooper ranks #46. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 70.4% to 67.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Cooper grew from 270,097 people in 2000 to 280,791 in 2010 (up 4%), and its rank fell from #64 to #70. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 100.12 to 95.19 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 270,097 | 280,791 |
| Rank | #64 | #70 |
| Per 100,000 people | 100.12 | 95.19 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cooper
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cooper: C160
👤 Cooper as a First Name
Cooper is a first name too: about 124,535 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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