Popoff Surname

146,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Popoff Surname User-submission:

Popov/Popoff (masculine) or Popova (feminine) is a common Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian last name. Derived from a Slavonic word, pop, meaning 'priest' and -ov, meaning 'pertaining to'. It therefore means 'of the priest', or rather 'son of the priest' or 'daughter of the priest'.

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Popoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9261:391,42434,366
Canada8921:41,3075,148
France4541:146,30622,633
Argentina2031:210,55917,357
Russia1591:906,43471,932
Brazil731:2,932,52586,118
Paraguay451:160,8173,242
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
England231:2,422,52489,093
Honduras211:419,8313,124
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Austria111:774,13064,097
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Moldova91:395,70828,721
El Salvador71:906,2703,798
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Popoff Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Popov/Popoff (masculine) or Popova (feminine) is a common Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian last name. Derived from a Slavonic word, pop, meaning 'priest' and -ov, meaning 'pertaining to'. It therefore means 'of the priest', or rather 'son of the priest' or 'daughter of the priest'.

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Popoff Last Name Facts

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

Popoff (Russian: Попофф) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Popoff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Popoff is the 146,983rd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,417,898 people. The surname Popoff is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Popoff live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 926 people, or 1 in 391,424. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 33 percent are found, Michigan, where 9 percent are found and Arizona, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 56 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 30 percent are found and France, where 15 percent are found.

Popoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Popoff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Popoff last name rose 92,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Popoff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (78%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Popoff last name are 14.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.58% registered with the party.

The amount Popoff earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $46,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.84% less than the national average, earning $44,296 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poppoff9270/
Pophoff927/
Poepoff924/
Popooff922/
Popoffe921/
Popof91122/
Papoff83224/
Pepoff8328/
Pophof8312/
Popoof831/
Popohf831/
Pappoff776/
Popov73474,424/
Popow731,268/
Popob738/
Papof737/
Popova67465,939/
Popovs67969/
Popowa67122/
Potpov6712/
Poppov677/
Popovp672/
Popoov672/
Ppopov672/
Poopov672/
Poopob671/
Podpov671/
Popuov671/
Poppaf671/

Popoff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popoff in the Russian language
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