Kop Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Kop is a branch of the Kopp name tree. Its meaning, shared with Kopp, is “head”.

• The 2010 US Census counted 232 people named Kop, ranking it number 81,458 among American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 100 births in France were registered under Kop. Births ran at 7 in 1891–1900 and 8 in 1991–2000.
• You may also find the name written Kopps.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Kop drops the “p” of Kopp, a simplification that clerks often made.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Kopp and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Kop family name pack.