The Cope surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,410 people carried this name — #1,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 18,110 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Cope.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Somme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 67 people named Cope live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cope in American newspapers,
1901–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 405,990 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cope,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isabel Rich, Countess of Holland d. 1655 -
Joseph Cope d. 1843 · physician
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Joseph Cope d. 1839 · physician
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Leonard Cope d. 1999 · politician
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John Cope d. 1414 · politician
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Walter Cope d. 1787 · Anglican priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cope.
- Cool 4,958 · U.S. census
- Coolen 221 · U.S. census
- Cools 216 · U.S. census
- Cooper 280,791 · U.S. census
- Coopman 461 · U.S. census
- Cop 264 · U.S. census
- Copp 3,469 · U.S. census
- Coppa 1,141 · U.S. census
- Coppel 235 · U.S. census
- Coppens 692 · U.S. census
- Coppi 227 · U.S. census
- Coppin 1,124 · U.S. census
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