Kopo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: can/tin
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/koʊpoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kopo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 91K(measured from records)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 121K
- KEKenya≈1 in 1.6M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 91K (inferred from the name graph)
≈470 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
can/tin
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kopo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 121K | — | Kopo | 13 |
| FI Finland | 61 | 1 in 91K | 61 | — | 2 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 5.7M | — | Kopo | 2 |
| KE Kenya | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Kopo | 6 |
| DE Germany | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 6.8M | — | Kopo | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kopo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Filipino, all taken or reserved; with all the prizes taken or won (as by a player or a team)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pmf, flutter, flap the wings, of birds rising in flight, etc.
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Polish, vocative singular of kopa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, koppa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, Copo (de nieve). Orai berian dago elurra paupaka, kopoak erorten dra sonbreroak bikain andi . Mdg 132.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 61 | #19,104 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 38 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kopo mean, and where does it come from?
- can/tin Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Kopo?
- A machine transcription gives /koʊpoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kopo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 468 people named Kopo in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kopo.
- Where is Kopo most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kopo is densest in Finland — about 1 in 91 thousand people — even though South Africa holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kopo?
- In Finland, the national register counted 61 people named Kopo, about 1 in 91 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Kopo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kopoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kopo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.