How common is the surname Popham?

2,138 people in the United States had the surname Popham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Popham?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Popham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Popham getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Popham

A surname, carried by 2,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Popham is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,138 people named Popham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,171.

#14,070

rank among US surnames

2,138

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,955)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,062	Calhoon	2,141	144,206
#14,064	Frison	2,140	144,274
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341
#14,070	Mazon	2,138	144,409
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476

Who is named Popham

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

96% of people named Popham identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Popham?: 2,138 people in the United States had the surname Popham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Popham?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Popham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Popham getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, down 1.5%.