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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from Cupar in Fife, which is probably of Pictish origin, with an unknown meaning. There are several other places similarly named, for example Couper Angus and Cupar Maculty (now Couttie), but these do not seem to have given rise to surnames.
  • Scottish : variant spelling of Cooper.

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