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    The surname Popp

    A German surname, carried by 8,947 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P100

    Popp: #3,973 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Popp #3,973, 8,947 people Popp: #3,973 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Popp #3,973, 8,947 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Popp is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,947 people named Popp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,508 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,849.

    #3,973
    rank among US surnames
    8,947
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,685)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,964Jankowski8,97034,420
    #3,965Simonson8,96834,427
    #3,966Kwan8,96534,439
    #3,967Evangelista8,96434,443
    #3,968Rau8,96134,454
    #3,969Lozada8,95934,462
    #3,970Canady8,95834,466

    Who is named Popp

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

    96% of people named Popp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Popps

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adelheid Popp
      Austrian feminist and socialist (1869–1939)
    • Franz Josef Popp
      Austrian businessman (1886–1954)

    Notable Popps come mostly from Austria (1) and Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Popp

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Popp come from?
    Popp is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Popp?
    8,947 people in the United States had the surname Popp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,508 Americans. It ranked 3,973rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Popp?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Popp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Popp?
    Adelheid Popp, Austrian feminist and socialist (1869–1939), followed by Franz Josef Popp.
    Where is the surname Popp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Popp in Austria and Germany.
    Is the surname Popp getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,947 in 2010, up 1.1%.