# Pape (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,350 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,477 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,621 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (6,412 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /peɪp/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pape 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pape in the United States, Brazil, Australia and Germany.

## People named Pape

- Lygia Pape, Brazilian artist (1927–2004)
- Robert Pape, American political scientist
- Paul Pape, American actor
- Madeleine Pape, Australian sociologist and former middle distance runner
- Lilian Harvey, Anglo-German actress and singer

## Similar surnames

Pope, Papa, Pepe, Papp, Pavey, Popp, Pfaff, Poff, Peavy, Paiva, Poppe, Popa.

## 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.