Find out how popular the last name Coppenbarger is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Coppenbarger.

Coppenbarger, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Coppenbarger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Coppenbarger in America

Coppenbarger is the 76275th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Coppenbarger surname appeared 252 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Coppenbarger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Coppenbarger to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Coppenbarger

The surname Coppenbarger is of German origin, emerging in the late 16th or early 17th century. The root of the name is believed to be derived from the German words "Koppen" meaning "to chop or cut" and "Barg" meaning "hill or mountain". This suggests the name may have referred to a person who lived near a wooded hill or mountain and worked as a woodcutter or lumberjack.

The earliest known records of the Coppenbarger name date back to the 1600s in the regions of Bavaria and Swabia in southern Germany. Some of the earliest spellings include Koppenbarger, Koppenberger, and Koppenbarcher. These variations in spelling were common in those times due to inconsistent documentation and local dialects.

In the late 17th century, the Coppenbarger name began appearing in various church and municipal records across Germany, particularly in the towns of Nürnberg, Augsburg, and München. One notable early reference is Johann Coppenbarger, a blacksmith born in Augsburg in 1658.

As the Coppenbarger family grew, some members migrated to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas. In the early 1700s, Christoph Coppenbarger, born in 1692 in Nürnberg, became one of the first known members of the family to settle in the British colonies of North America.

Other notable individuals with the Coppenbarger surname include:

1. Matthias Coppenbarger (1710-1788), a German immigrant to Pennsylvania who served in the French and Indian War.
2. Johann Coppenbarger (1745-1821), a prominent merchant and landowner in Saxony.
3. Anna Maria Coppenbarger (1778-1854), a midwife and herbalist in Bavaria.
4. Heinrich Coppenbarger (1825-1902), a German-American farmer and Civil War veteran who fought for the Union.
5. Wilhelm Coppenbarger (1867-1942), a German botanist and professor at the University of Heidelberg.

The Coppenbarger name has spread across various parts of the world, but its roots can be traced back to the hills and mountains of southern Germany, where the earliest known Coppenbargers likely lived and worked as woodcutters or lumberjacks.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Coppenbarger

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Coppenbarger.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Coppenbarger was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Coppenbarger has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Coppenbarger was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Coppenbarger, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!