Poppe Surname
Approximately 22,420 people bear this surname
Poppe Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Poppo, a pet form of Bodebert (messenger, bright), and Jakob (the supplanter).
Poppe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,198 | 1:8,752 | 1,082 |
| United States | 4,271 | 1:84,865 | 9,602 |
| Belgium | 3,470 | 1:3,313 | 332 |
| Netherlands | 1,504 | 1:11,228 | 1,554 |
| Russia | 644 | 1:223,794 | 24,176 |
| France | 554 | 1:119,897 | 18,119 |
| Bolivia | 390 | 1:27,222 | 1,951 |
| Brazil | 368 | 1:581,724 | 21,718 |
| Canada | 265 | 1:139,040 | 14,308 |
| Australia | 205 | 1:131,686 | 14,301 |
| Portugal | 189 | 1:55,123 | 3,035 |
| Poland | 169 | 1:224,904 | 29,174 |
| Austria | 166 | 1:51,298 | 8,093 |
| Norway | 122 | 1:42,150 | 6,019 |
| Argentina | 121 | 1:353,251 | 27,617 |
| England | 119 | 1:468,219 | 30,572 |
| Peru | 95 | 1:334,570 | 11,825 |
| New Zealand | 89 | 1:50,880 | 8,201 |
| Denmark | 59 | 1:95,673 | 9,081 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Hungary | 43 | 1:228,286 | 18,658 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Ecuador | 34 | 1:467,819 | 10,566 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Chile | 13 | 1:1,355,113 | 23,887 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 379 | 1:132,503 | 12,654 |
The alternate forms: Pöppe (278), Poppé (36) & Pôppe (1) are calculated separately.
Poppe (144) may also be a first name.
Poppe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Poppo, a pet form of Bodebert (messenger, bright), and Jakob (the supplanter).
Poppe Demographics
Average Male Poppe Height
176.91 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Poppe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poppe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poppe (Russian: Поппе) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Pöppe, Poppé or Pôppe. For other potential spellings of Poppe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poppe? popularity and diffusion
Poppe is the 24,131st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 325,047 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Poppe live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. Poppe is also the 769,375th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 144 people.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 9,198 people, or 1 in 8,752. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 35 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside and Bavaria, where 7 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Belgium, where 15 percent reside.
Poppe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Poppe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,127 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Poppe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Poppe surname are 17.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.47% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Poppe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 89.14% more than the national average, earning 654,587 kr per year; in Peru they earn 51.48% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,365 per year; in United States they earn 9.64% more than the national average, earning $47,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning $51,508 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poppe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poppe in the Russian language | ||
| Поппе | poppe | - |
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