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    The surname Papp

    A surname, carried by 4,162 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P100

    Papp: #7,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Papp #7,953, 4,162 people Papp: #7,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Papp #7,953, 4,162 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Papp is more common than 95.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,162 people named Papp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,182 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,104.

    #7,953
    rank among US surnames
    4,162
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #7,485)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,944Mele4,16574,129
    #7,947Czarnecki4,16474,146
    #7,950Alleyne4,16374,164
    #7,953Papp4,16274,182
    #7,954Gagliano4,16174,200
    #7,955Beech4,16074,218
    #7,956Tarantino4,15874,253

    Who is named Papp

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

    95% of people named Papp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Papps

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Papp
      American producer and director, 1921–1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Papp

    Papp 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 Papp?
    4,162 people in the United States had the surname Papp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,182 Americans. It ranked 7,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Papp?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Papp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Papp?
    Joseph Papp, American producer and director.
    Where is the surname Papp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Papp in the United States.
    Is the surname Papp getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,162 in 2010, up 1.4%.