Kopp
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Jacobus; or Low German 'head'; also 'young rooster, capon'; or place name
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɑp/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kopp is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 4.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 7.2K
- USUnited States1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 386 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈53,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Jacobus; or Low German 'head'; also 'young rooster, capon'; or place name
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kopp counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈53,000 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Kopp | 4 |
| DE Germany | #210 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Kopp | 176 |
| US United States | — | 11,175 | 1 in 30K | 11K | Kopp | 386 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 238 | — | 5 |
| BR Brazil | — | 2,015 | 1 in 105K | 2K | — | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | #552 | 1,526 | 1 in 5.5K | 1.5K | Kopp | 63 |
| AT Austria | #451 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Kopp | 71 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 642 | 1 in 17K | 645 | — | 2 |
| JM Jamaica | #427 | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Kopp | 1 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #175 | — | — | — | Kopp | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kopp is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from the South German dialect word Kopp (also Kapp) ‘young cock’, ‘capon’, hence possibly a nickname for a young upstart or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper or breeder of poultry or game cocks.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
nickname for someone with a noticeable deformity or peculiarity of the head, from Low German Kopp ‘head’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
habitational name from a place so named near Naszvad. The place name is of German origin. A small plot of land near village was named Vdbrikkenkopp (from German Weg Briickenkopf) by a Hungarian soldier in the Habsburg Army, who used to stand on watch at the bridge across the Vag river. The locals had difficulty with the name and later shortened it to Kopp.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
habitational name from a place so called in the Eifel Mountains.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
from a North German pet form of Jakob (see Jacob).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hermann Koppb. 1817DEGerman chemist (1817–1892)
- Georg von Koppb. 1837DEGerman cardinal, bishop of Wrocław (1837–1914)
- Hinrich Wilhelm Kopfb. 1893DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (1893-1961)
- Elisabeth Koppb. 1936CHmember of the Swiss Federal Council (1936–2023)
- Bill Koppb. 1962USAmerican animator
- Wendy Koppb. 1967USAmerican nonprofit executive
- Sandro Koppb. 1978NZNew Zealand artist
- Neil Koppb. 1979USAmerican film producer
- David Koppb. 1979DEGerman road bicycle racer
- David Koppb. 1985USAmerican baseball player (1985-)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 11K | #3,232 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 11K | #3,047 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 11K | #3,227 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2K | #4,831 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.5K | #678 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 645 | #2,197 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 642 | #2,286 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 328 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 310 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 310 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 292 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 249 | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kopp mean, and where does it come from?
- from Jacobus; or Low German 'head'; also 'young rooster, capon'; or place name Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Kopp?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɑp/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kopp have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 53 thousand people named Kopp in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kopp.
- How common is the name Kopp?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,175 people named Kopp in 2010, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.
- How common is Kopp compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Kopp is the 175th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kopp” — the 175th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.