Pape Surname
Approximately 39,357 people bear this surname
Pape 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 SurnamePape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 20,457 | 1:3,935 | 439 |
| United States | 9,016 | 1:40,202 | 4,946 |
| England | 1,617 | 1:34,458 | 4,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,187 | 1:6,869 | 469 |
| France | 1,038 | 1:63,991 | 8,769 |
| Denmark | 819 | 1:6,892 | 631 |
| Netherlands | 663 | 1:25,471 | 4,144 |
| DR Congo | 575 | 1:128,486 | 13,821 |
| Australia | 458 | 1:58,943 | 7,155 |
| South Africa | 447 | 1:121,203 | 14,363 |
| Canada | 379 | 1:97,218 | 10,570 |
| Brazil | 368 | 1:581,724 | 21,718 |
| Peru | 341 | 1:93,209 | 6,134 |
| Indonesia | 334 | 1:395,956 | 33,634 |
| Lesotho | 213 | 1:9,543 | 2,159 |
| Belgium | 187 | 1:61,479 | 9,893 |
| Switzerland | 157 | 1:52,312 | 6,856 |
| Norway | 95 | 1:54,129 | 7,765 |
| Argentina | 80 | 1:534,293 | 38,967 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Latvia | 65 | 1:31,539 | 4,826 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Greenland | 21 | 1:2,685 | 297 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 1:296,469 | 43,115 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 893 | 1:27,296 | 3,717 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,041 | 1:48,241 | 5,509 |
The alternate forms: Papé (51), Pápe (7), Papè (2), Pāpe (1) & Pápé (1) are calculated separately.
Pape (33,093) may also be a first name.
Pape 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.
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pape,' i.e. Pope. the Frenchpape, Latin papa; compare Cardinal, King, Emperor, &c.; v. Pope.
Hugo Pape, London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ricardus Pap, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Nicholas Pappe, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Hugh le Pape. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
William le Pape, Close Rolls, 39 Henry III.
Robertas Pape, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1785. Married — David James and Betty Pape: St. George, Hanover Square.
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-French-Latin) Pope (a nickname and pageant - name) [French pape, Latin papa, whence Old English pápa] Hugh le Pape.—Plac. Dom. Cap. Westm.
(English) A variant of Pope, q.v.
Apparently the French form of Pope. The name occurs in H.R. in the present orthography.
A sobriquet. See Ecclesiastical Surnames.
Greek and Latin, Papa, father.
From the French, Pepe; a personal name See Poppy.
Between 1372 and 1407, eight of the bailiffs of Gloucester bore the name of Pope (F.). The name is still in that city.
Pape Demographics
Average Male Pape Height
176.93 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pape Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pape (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺏ, Hindi: पापे, Marathi: पापे, Oriya: ପେପ, Russian: Папе) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Papé, Pápe, Papè, Pāpe or Pápé. For other potential spellings of Pape click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pape? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,152nd most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 185,165 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Pape live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 25,832nd most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 33,093 people.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 20,457 people, or 1 in 3,935. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 35 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found and Hesse, where 5 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in 105 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Pape Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pape has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 866 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pape Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Pape surname is principally Catholic (58%) in Ireland.
In The United States Pape are 19.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.09% being registered with the party.
The amount Pape earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.64% more than the national average, earning 365,595 kr per year; in Peru they earn 64.74% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,836 per year; in South Africa they earn 34.23% more than the national average, earning R 318,972 per year; in United States they earn 6.77% more than the national average, earning $46,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.74% more than the national average, earning $61,975 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pape Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pape in the Marathi language | ||
| पापे | pape | 81.25 |
| पपे | pape | 12.5 |
| पेापे | peape | 6.25 |
| Pape in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺏ | bab | 73.53 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﺏ | abab | 11.76 |
| ﺑﺐ | bb | 5.88 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺐ | albb | 2.94 |
| ﺍﺑﺒﺎ | abba | 2.94 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﺎ | baba | 2.94 |
| Pape in the Hindi language | ||
| पापे | pape | 50.79 |
| पपे | pape | 49.21 |
| Pape in the Oriya language | ||
| ପେପ | pepa | 50 |
| ପାେପ | paepa | 50 |
| Pape in the Russian language | ||
| Папе | pape | - |
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