Perhaps an altered spelling of Dutch Cops, which is in part
a patronymic from a short form of the personal name Jacop,
Dutch form of Jacob, and in part a metonymic occupational name
or a nickname from Middle Dutch cop(pe) ‘cooking pot’, ‘dish’,
‘beaker’; ‘skull’, ‘crown’, ‘top’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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