Kuperman
surname · Latin script
Meaning: occupational name for a cooper; alternatively a metonymic occupational name for a coppersmith, from Yiddish kuper, or a Yiddishized form of German Kupferman
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkupɝmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kuperman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- ILIsrael1 in 5.6Kas קופרמן(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 247Kas Cooperman
- RURussia≈1 in 366Kas Куперман
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kuperman itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 212 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 166K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800 named קופרמן, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled קופרמן in IL Israel, RO Romania, AR Argentina and 2 more, Cooperman in UZ Uzbekistan, MD Moldova and Куперман in RU Russia.
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)
occupational name for a cooper; alternatively a metonymic occupational name for a coppersmith, from Yiddish kuper, or a Yiddishized form of German Kupferman.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kuperman 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | #810 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | קופרמן | 2 |
| IL Israel | #587 | 1,546as קופרמן | 1 in 5.6K | 1.5K | קופרמן | 46 |
| US United States | — | 1,346as Cooperman | 1 in 247K | 1.4K | Kuperman | 212 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Cooperman | 2 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 366K | — | Куперман | 98 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | קופרמן | 1 |
| AR Argentina | — | 240 | 1 in 189K | 240 | קופרמן | 3 |
| MD Moldova | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Cooperman | 2 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | קופרמן | 3 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 166K | — | Kuperman | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Iser Kupermanb. 1922USUkrainian draughts player (1922-2006)
- Ruven Kupermanb. 1964ILIsraeli artist
- Elad Kupermanb. 1969ILIsraeli television producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 711 | #34,347 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 695 | #32,960 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 674 | #32,227 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 240 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Kuperman mean, and where does it come from?
- occupational name for a cooper; alternatively a metonymic occupational name for a coppersmith, from Yiddish kuper, or a Yiddishized form of German Kupferman. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Kuperman?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkupɝmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kuperman have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named קופרמן in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kuperman?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 240 people named Kuperman, about 1 in 189 thousand residents.
- How common is Kuperman compared with other names?
- In Romania, Kuperman is the 810th most common surname of 78,699 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kupermanThe 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, “Kuperman” — the 810th most common surname in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.