as a Last Name
- 6,977
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Pape
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly northern), North German, Dutch, and French: nickname for someone with a severe or pompous manner or perhaps a pageant name for someone who had played the part of a pope or priest, from Middle English pope or Old French pape ‘pope’, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pape ‘priest’, Old French pape ‘pope’. Compare Papa.
| 5,062nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,977
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Pape per capita
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