Pope Surname
Approximately 122,850 people bear this surname
Pope Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pope'; compare Bishop, &c. A sobriquet for one of an austere, ascetic, and ecclesiastical appearance.
Alan le Pope, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugh le Pope, Suffolk, ibid.
Read More About This SurnamePope Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84,322 | 1:4,299 | 479 |
| England | 15,504 | 1:3,594 | 487 |
| Australia | 6,732 | 1:4,010 | 573 |
| Canada | 3,938 | 1:9,356 | 1,402 |
| New Zealand | 1,747 | 1:2,592 | 364 |
| Wales | 1,247 | 1:2,482 | 276 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Papua New Guinea | 791 | 1:10,308 | 881 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 750 | 1:1,819 | 307 |
| South Africa | 602 | 1:89,996 | 11,027 |
| Scotland | 552 | 1:9,699 | 1,357 |
| Brazil | 400 | 1:535,186 | 20,061 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 396 | 1:284 | 48 |
| Liberia | 392 | 1:11,246 | 1,222 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Germany | 240 | 1:335,439 | 33,076 |
| France | 237 | 1:280,265 | 43,035 |
| Ivory Coast | 205 | 1:112,543 | 5,675 |
| Ireland | 197 | 1:23,903 | 2,305 |
| Peru | 197 | 1:161,341 | 8,260 |
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| India | 150 | 1:5,113,769 | 127,237 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Grenada | 121 | 1:897 | 169 |
| Argentina | 114 | 1:374,942 | 29,068 |
| Thailand | 113 | 1:625,118 | 105,836 |
| Spain | 101 | 1:462,891 | 23,948 |
| Poland | 91 | 1:417,679 | 44,209 |
| Zimbabwe | 89 | 1:173,463 | 21,090 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Belize | 74 | 1:4,804 | 852 |
| Latvia | 67 | 1:30,598 | 4,691 |
| Mexico | 67 | 1:1,852,630 | 18,093 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Northern Ireland | 50 | 1:36,901 | 3,535 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Denmark | 36 | 1:156,798 | 13,614 |
| Barbados | 31 | 1:9,273 | 738 |
| Albania | 28 | 1:104,073 | 9,868 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| China | 26 | 1:52,589,291 | 2,849 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Serbia | 19 | 1:376,050 | 17,192 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Isle of Man | 18 | 1:4,768 | 1,008 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Cayman Islands | 17 | 1:3,758 | 489 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| British Virgin Islands | 16 | 1:1,975 | 263 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 14 | 1:7,884 | 1,168 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 132 | 1:33,560 | 3,261 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,466 | 1:2,575 | 372 |
| Wales | 328 | 1:4,782 | 330 |
| Scotland | 197 | 1:19,001 | 1,941 |
| Jersey | 9 | 1:5,765 | 1,004 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,106 | 1:3,324 | 393 |
The alternate forms: Popé (2), Pöpe (1) & Pópé (41) are calculated separately.
Pope (4,245) may also be a first name.
Pope Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pope'; compare Bishop, &c. A sobriquet for one of an austere, ascetic, and ecclesiastical appearance.
Alan le Pope, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugh le Pope, Suffolk, ibid.
Robert le Pope, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby—s Quest.
A family of Paips or Papes appear to have belonged originally to Elgin, and some of them were in the legs profession before the Reformation (TGSI., XXVIII, p. 257). In Caithness, Sutherland, and Orkney, the surname is still pronounced Paip. In 1363 William Pop, son and heir of William Pop, burgess of Elgin, made a gift to the altar of the Virgin in the church of S. Giles in Elgin (REM., p. 312), and in 1375 there is mention of Robert Pop of Elgin (RAA., II, 34). Adam Popp and Robertus Popp were jurors on an assize regarding the mill lands of Quarelwode in 1389 (REM., p. 171). David Pap was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1516 (NSCM., I, p. 46), and Sir James Pop, a cleric, was a monk of Beauly in 1540 (Ferrarius, History, p. 49). William Pape, a native of Ross-shire, was appointed schoolmaster at Dornoch in 1585 and chanter of Dornoch in 1602 (OPS., II, p 618). James Pape was burgess of Kirkwall in 1580 (REO., p. 298), John Pape was a writer in Edinbergh in 1598 (Edinb. Marr.), another John Paip, writer to the signet, is recorded in Aberdeen in 1599 (CRA., p. 206), and Thomas Paip was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1622 (NSCM., I, p. 130). Mr. John Paip had a charter of the lands of Kildin in 1606 (RD., p. 498), Magister Robert Paip, advocate, was burgess of Aberdeen in 1624 (Inquis., 1137), and Thomas Pope or Pape is recorded at Cullicudden in 1653 (IDR., p. 249). Paipe 1595.
(Anglo-Latin) a nickname and pageant-name [Old English pápa, Latin papa, pope, father] Hugh le Pope.—Hundred Rolls Lepape (sometimes Le Pape) is a fairly common French surname.
(English) One who played the part of the Pope in pageants and plays.
A sobriquet. See Ecclesiastical Surnames.
Greek and Latin, Papa, father.
From the Old Norse, Papar; from the Frisian, Poppe; from the Danish, Pop; from the Swedish, Pape; from the Flemish, Papy, Poppin; from the Dutch, Paap, Pop; from the German, Pape, Papke, Poppe, Poper; in the Domesday Book, Papald; personal name Poppe was the name of a Duke of Friesland slain in battle by Charles Martel, A.D. 734.
Between 1372 and 1407, eight of the bailiffs of Gloucester bore the name of Pope (F.). The name is still in that city.
User-submitted Reference
(Highland Scots, English) The Pope surname means 'father', 'pope', 'bishop'. It was first recorded in Caithness. But has expanded down to the south coast of England in the adjacent counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent, where the Popes have made their permanent home. In Scotland the Popes live in the Northern most counties of Sutherland, Caithness, Sutherland, Banffshire, Moray, Aberdeenshire, and Angus. In England most Pope families live in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, and Lancashire. In the United States the states of North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi have the highest concentrations of Pope families.
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Average Pope Salary in
United States
$40,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pope Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pope Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pope (Hindi: पोपे, Marathi: पोपे, Russian: Попе) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as a variant: Popé, Pöpe or Pópé. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pope? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,577th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 59,321 people. Pope occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Pope are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 106,362nd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 4,245 people.
The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 84,322 people, or 1 in 4,299. In The United States Pope is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 131 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Pope Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pope has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pope last name rose 558 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 380 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 149 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pope Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (54%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Pope surname are 12.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pope earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.46% less than the national average, earning 261,431 kr per year; in Peru they earn 15.21% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,334 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.01% more than the national average, earning R 404,016 per year; in United States they earn 5.08% less than the national average, earning $40,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.49% more than the national average, earning $52,905 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pope Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pope in the Marathi language | ||
| पोपे | pope | - |
| Pope in the Hindi language | ||
| पोपे | pope | 93.33 |
| पोप | popa | 6.67 |
| Pope in the Russian language | ||
| Попе | pope | - |
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