The Coppens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 692 people carried this name — #33,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 697 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 7,545 people named Coppens live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 532 people named Coppens.
47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 70 people named Coppens 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Coppens live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Coppens,
with a public archive behind them.
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François Coppens 1799–1873 · architect -
Eugène Coppens de Fontenay 1824–1896 -
Omer Coppens 1864–1926 · painter -
Paul Coppens d. 1946 · writer
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Robert Coppens 1505–1603 · sculptor
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Laurent Coppens 1750–1834 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coppens.
- Coopman 461 · U.S. census
- Cop 264 · U.S. census
- Cope 18,410 · U.S. census
- Copp 3,469 · U.S. census
- Coppa 1,141 · U.S. census
- Coppel 235 · U.S. census
- Coppi 227 · U.S. census
- Coppin 1,124 · U.S. census
- Coppo 196 · U.S. census
- Coppola 8,676 · U.S. census
- Coquillard 105 · U.S. census
- Cor 246 · U.S. census
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