Coppola surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Coppola surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,439 people carried this name — #3,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,900 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 487 people named Coppola.

Most of them — 275 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 275
Bouches-du-Rhône 75
Var 38
Paris 19
Finistère 11
Seine-Saint-Denis 8
Loire 7
Essonne 6
Jura 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

417 people named Coppola live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 90
Zurich 72
Vaud 51
Aargau 42
St. Gallen 25
Geneva 24
Bern 16
Thurgau 14

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 157 people named Coppola 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 51
Hainaut 29
Limburg 22
Brussels-Capital 19
Flemish Brabant 15
East Flanders 9
Luxembourg Province 6
Namur 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Coppola in American newspapers,
1893–1962.

Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Coppola
The Evening World 1893-04-12
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Coppola
The Sun 1919-02-27
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Coppola
Bisbee Daily Review 1921-05-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,536 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Coppola,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Andrea Coppola
    Giovanni Andrea Coppola 1597–1659 · painter
  • Francesco Maria Coppola
    Francesco Maria Coppola 1773–1851 · Catholic priest
  • Pietro Antonio Coppola
    Pietro Antonio Coppola 1793–1876 · composer
  • Giacomo Coppola
    Giacomo Coppola 1797–1872 · politician
  • Egidio Coppola
    Egidio Coppola 1852–1928 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.

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