# Pappas (surname)

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

A surname from Greek.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Greek |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,559 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,198 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,645 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (16,754 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Greek παπάς (papás, “priest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pappas 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pappas in the United States.

## People named Pappas

- Chris Pappas, American politician in New Hampshire (born 1980)
- Tom Pappas, American decathlete

## Similar surnames

Papas, Phipps, Pipes, Popoca, Papke, Popescu, Popejoy.

## 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.