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    The surname Pape

    A surname, carried by 6,350 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /peɪp/ 1 syllable Soundex P100

    Pape: #5,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pape #5,477, 6,350 people Pape: #5,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pape #5,477, 6,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pape is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,350 people named Pape in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,621 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,412.

    #5,477
    rank among US surnames
    6,350
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,021)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560
    #5,470Larkins6,35748,568
    #5,471Book6,35648,575
    #5,472Bunnell6,35548,583
    #5,474Mulholland6,35348,598
    #5,475Machuca6,35148,614

    Who is named Pape

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Pape identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Papes

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lygia Pape
      Brazilian artist (1927–2004)
    • Robert Pape
      American political scientist, born 1960
    • Paul Pape
      American actor, born 1952
    • Madeleine Pape
      Australian sociologist and former middle distance runner, born 1984
    • Lilian Harvey
      Anglo-German actress and singer, 1906–1968

    Notable Papes come mostly from the United States (2), Brazil (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pape

    Pape has the Soundex code P100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pape?
    6,350 people in the United States had the surname Pape in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,621 Americans. It ranked 5,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pape?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pape identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pape?
    Lygia Pape, Brazilian artist (1927–2004), followed by Robert Pape.
    Where is the surname Pape most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pape in the United States, Brazil and Australia and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Pape?
    Pape is /peɪp/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Pape getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,350 in 2010, down 1.0%.