# Papa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/papa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,005 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,768 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,415 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (5,884 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Papa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 11% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Papa in Argentina, the United States and Albania.

## People named Papa

- Emiliano Papa, Argentine footballer
- Tom Papa, American comedian, actor
- Enriko Papa, Albanian footballer

## Similar surnames

Pape, Papp, Popa, Paiva, Pavia, Pavao, Pope, Popp, Pfaff, Pepe, Poff, Peavy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.