Popa Surname
Approximately 204,076 people bear this surname
Popa Surname User-submission:
Popa is a Romanian surname, meaning 'son of a priest'. It is derived from the word popă, meaning 'priest', 'parson' or 'Pope'.
Popa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 170,718 | 1:118 | 1 |
| Moldova | 12,411 | 1:287 | 7 |
| Spain | 4,907 | 1:9,528 | 1,127 |
| United States | 3,292 | 1:110,103 | 12,000 |
| Canada | 929 | 1:39,662 | 4,958 |
| Ukraine | 764 | 1:59,585 | 8,601 |
| Italy | 759 | 1:80,575 | 14,059 |
| Dominican Republic | 732 | 1:14,253 | 1,058 |
| France | 703 | 1:94,485 | 13,739 |
| Indonesia | 642 | 1:205,996 | 19,450 |
| Germany | 641 | 1:125,594 | 15,334 |
| Albania | 597 | 1:4,881 | 921 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Guatemala | 543 | 1:29,618 | 1,863 |
| England | 515 | 1:108,190 | 11,258 |
| Russia | 484 | 1:297,775 | 30,538 |
| Belgium | 442 | 1:26,011 | 4,128 |
| Poland | 437 | 1:86,977 | 13,435 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Philippines | 339 | 1:298,638 | 42,448 |
| Austria | 269 | 1:31,656 | 5,100 |
| Greece | 255 | 1:43,450 | 7,025 |
| Cuba | 246 | 1:46,840 | 1,968 |
| Papua New Guinea | 212 | 1:38,461 | 4,642 |
| India | 183 | 1:4,191,614 | 111,941 |
| Sweden | 176 | 1:55,947 | 4,335 |
| Serbia | 147 | 1:48,605 | 4,777 |
| Transnistria | 147 | 1:3,229 | 532 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Australia | 138 | 1:195,621 | 19,280 |
| Hungary | 136 | 1:72,179 | 7,353 |
| Netherlands | 128 | 1:131,931 | 20,423 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Denmark | 81 | 1:69,688 | 6,946 |
| Lesotho | 67 | 1:30,337 | 5,743 |
| Ireland | 64 | 1:73,577 | 4,518 |
| Latvia | 62 | 1:33,065 | 5,055 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Israel | 56 | 1:152,815 | 15,997 |
| Switzerland | 54 | 1:152,091 | 14,437 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Norway | 40 | 1:128,557 | 16,659 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Belarus | 27 | 1:351,891 | 37,455 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 18 | 1:331,814 | 28,558 |
| Turkey | 18 | 1:4,323,412 | 102,143 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Finland | 16 | 1:343,544 | 24,270 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | 1:634,446 | 25,919 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Pópa (32) & Pôpa (1) are calculated separately.
Popa (3,217) may also be a first name.
Popa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Popa is a Romanian surname, meaning 'son of a priest'. It is derived from the word popă, meaning 'priest', 'parson' or 'Pope'.
- deleted-173293A typical Romanian name, which is found all over Romania. Popa means 'priest' in informal Romanian.
- ellisA unique Romanian surname from Vaslui county, only several miles from the Moldovan border.
- moldovenescPopa Demographics
Average Popa Salary in
United States
$46,927 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Popa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Popa (Hindi: पोपा, Marathi: पोपा, Russian: Попа, Tibetan: སྤོབས་པ།) occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pópa or Pôpa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,736th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 35,710 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Popa are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 126,514th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 3,217 people.
Popa is the most frequently used last name in one country:Romania, where 84 percent reside. This surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 170,718 people, or 1 in 118. In Romania Popa is primarily concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 9 percent reside, Bihor County, where 5 percent reside and Bacău County, where 5 percent reside. Other than Romania this last name exists in 122 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 6 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.
Popa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Popa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Popa surname rose 7,656 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Popa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (72%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Popa last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.43% registered with the party.
The amount Popa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 72.43% less than the national average, earning €8,278 per year; in Norway they earn 19.69% less than the national average, earning 277,953 kr per year; in Peru they earn 56.15% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,500 per year; in South Africa they earn 72.76% more than the national average, earning R 410,532 per year; in Colombia they earn 37.12% less than the national average, earning $14,274,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.76% more than the national average, earning $46,927 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.01% more than the national average, earning $50,684 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popa in the Hindi language | ||
| पोपा | popa | - |
| Popa in the Marathi language | ||
| पोपा | popa | 87.1 |
| पोपट | popata | 12.9 |
| Popa in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྤོབས་པ། | pobpa | 50 |
| སྤོག་པ། | pokpa | 50 |
| Popa in the Russian language | ||
| Попа | popa | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Popa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis