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copper Name Meaning and History

  1. English: variant of Cooper, from Middle English copere, found from the 12th century alongside cupere.
  2. English: metonymic occupational name for a worker in copper, Old English coper (Latin (aes) Cyprium ‘Cyprian bronze’).
  3. Respelling of German Kopper.

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Distribution of copper Families in the US in 1920
Number of copper families
 43-83
 15-42
 1-14
 0
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