Pop Surname

2,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252,709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Pop Surname User-submission:

Pop is a Romanian surname, meaning 'son of a priest'. It is derived from the word popă, meaning 'priest', 'parson' or 'Pope'.

Pop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania116,4671:1723
Guatemala85,6621:18826
Egypt26,4811:3,472468
Spain4,8491:9,6421,139
Ukraine3,8931:11,6931,490
United States2,2261:162,83016,574
Belize1,9121:18621
Saudi Arabia1,2321:25,0453,507
France1,0371:64,0538,785
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Canada7631:48,2905,863
Morocco7501:45,9687,487
Germany4781:168,42119,868
England4481:124,37112,476
Czechia4131:25,7474,053
Belgium3991:28,8144,628
Papua New Guinea3621:22,5242,449
Netherlands3491:48,3878,283
Poland3461:109,85216,579
Austria2871:29,6714,758
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Hungary2761:35,5663,874
Portugal2171:48,0102,732
South Africa2121:255,55525,837
Australia2031:132,98414,423
Italy1851:330,57740,102
India1491:5,148,090127,785
Sweden1381:71,3535,384
Brazil1321:1,621,77553,533
Thailand1061:666,399111,628
Denmark1011:55,8885,717
Greece1001:110,79818,617
Serbia991:72,1716,417
Israel951:90,08010,606
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
Turkey881:884,33441,843
Mexico821:1,513,73416,311
Indonesia721:1,836,794117,778
Argentina631:678,46746,871
Iran611:1,258,73053,327
Switzerland591:139,20213,535
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Ireland431:109,5105,657
Slovakia431:124,10322,986
China371:36,954,6371,973
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Croatia341:124,37118,240
Finland281:196,31116,703
North Macedonia271:77,8327,406
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Venezuela231:1,313,22118,235
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Moldova151:237,42521,121
Norway151:342,81932,589
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Wales81:386,81619,671
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
Cambodia51:3,097,4298,690
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Jamaica41:717,48710,371
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Swaziland41:324,550996
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Albania31:971,35222,477
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

The alternate forms: Pôp (1) are calculated separately.

Pop (4,327) may also be a first name.

Pop Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Pop is a Romanian surname, meaning 'son of a priest'. It is derived from the word popă, meaning 'priest', 'parson' or 'Pope'.

- deleted-173293

Pop Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pop Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pop (Hindi: पोप, Marathi: पोप, Tibetan: སྤོབ་) is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Pôp. Click here for further potential spellings of Pop.

How Common Is The Last Name Pop? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pop is the 2,171st most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 28,838 people. The surname Pop occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Pop reside; 48 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 46 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 105,101st most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 4,327 people.

This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 116,467 people, or 1 in 172. In Romania Pop is most numerous in: Maramureș County, where 20 percent live, Cluj County, where 19 percent live and Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 10 percent live. Other than Romania this last name exists in 132 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 34 percent live and Egypt, where 10 percent live.

Pop Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pop has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pop surname rose 3,649 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 14,933 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pop Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Pop last name is principally Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Pop surname are 0.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.37% being registered with the party.

The amount Pop earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 75.42% less than the national average, earning €7,381 per year; in Norway they earn 25.55% more than the national average, earning 434,507 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 74.06% more than the national average, earning R 413,640 per year; in United States they earn 10.53% more than the national average, earning $47,692 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $55,089 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pôp891/
Pope86122,850/
Popp8646,331/
Pops86171/
Poup8672/
Phop8634/
Poip8626/
Popt8611/
Poop867/
Popf865/
Posp864/
Poph863/
Poyp862/
Pohp862/
Puop861/
Pfop861/
Pobp861/
Potp861/
Po8034,866/
Poppe7522,420/
Phoph75788/
Phuop75520/
Popps75278/
Poupe75189/
Phope7560/
Poope7513/
Potpe7512/
Phoup7510/
Poops753/
Posps752/
Poipe752/
Phohp752/
Pppop751/
Popch751/
Poype751/
Pophe751/
Ppopt751/
Phgop751/
Poipf751/
Possp751/
Poojp751/
Poupp750/
Poopp750/
Popova67465,939/
Pho6736,087/
Pap6727,224/
Poh6723,632/
Pot6716,485/
Pou6715,031/
Poo678,897/
Pod678,804/
Poy675,643/
Pos675,502/
Poi674,710/
Ppa673,663/
Poz672,206/
Poa671,653/
Pov67400/
Popová67398/
Poš67232/
Pob67201/
Poß67165/
Puo67155/
Poş67147/
Poč67130/
Popowa67122/
Ppo67111/
Poj6779/
Pgo6770/
Poç6758/
Pfo6741/
Poï6720/
Phophe6716/
Poî676/
Hpo675/
Poá674/
Pouppe673/
Vpo673/
Poë671/
Poubpe671/
Pouphe671/
D'Pope671/
Phooph671/
Pohgip671/
Pfoupz671/

Pop Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pop in the Tibetan language
སྤོབ་pob-
Pop in the Hindi language
पोपpopa99.59
Pop in the Marathi language
पोपpopa98.32

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