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

Copperthite, 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 Copperthite surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Copperthite in America

Copperthite is the 136449th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Copperthite surname appeared 123 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 Copperthite.

We can also compare 2010 data for Copperthite 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 Copperthite

The surname COPPERTHITE is an English occupational name derived from the Old English words "coper" meaning copper and "thit" meaning worker or maker. It likely originated in regions of England where copper mining or metalworking was prevalent, such as Cornwall, Devon, or parts of Wales during the late medieval period.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the COPPERTHITE surname appears in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire from 1379, where a John Copperthyte is listed as a resident of the village of Bramham. The name also surfaces in various parish records and tax rolls throughout the 15th and 16th centuries in counties like Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, and Somerset.

In the 17th century, the COPPERTHITE surname is found in the village of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, with the baptism of a William Copperthite in 1642. Later records show the name spelled variations like Copperthwaite and Copperthwright. Interestingly, a John Copperthite (born 1718) was a noted coppersmith and bell-founder based in the town of Wigan during the mid-1700s.

The COPPERTHITE name also has a connection to the village of Copgrove in North Yorkshire, which was once known as "Coppergrave" or "Coppergrave-hithe" in ancient records, likely referring to a copper mining or smelting site along the River Nidd. A Thomas Copperthite (1583-1649) from this area is mentioned in local church records as a landowner and farmer.

Other notable individuals with the COPPERTHITE surname include Richard Copperthite (1692-1757), a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of Bristol, and Samuel Copperthite (1745-1823), a respected clockmaker from Gloucestershire whose timepieces are still sought after by collectors today.

While not a common surname today, COPPERTHITE has a rich history deeply rooted in the metalworking and mining industries of medieval and early modern England.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Copperthite

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

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 Copperthite 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 Copperthite 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 Copperthite was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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