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Pope

in the US

There are 51,421 people with the last name "Pope" in the United States.

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Pope 465
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  1. is 461st most common Sparks
  2. is 462nd most common Moody
  3. is 463rd most common Chang
  4. is 464th most common Flynn
  5. is 465th most common Pope
  6. is 466th most common Yates
  7. is 467th most common Hogan
  8. is 468th most common Lang
  9. is 469th most common Morton

Similar Names and Nicknames

Pape, Pepe, Popejoy, Popescu, Popelka, Popek, Pype, Poper, Popeo, Popeck

Most Common First Names for Pope

James, John, Robert, William, David, Michael, Charles, Mary, Richard, Thomas

Meaning & History

English: nickname from Middle English pope (derived via Old English from Late Latin papa ‘bishop’, ‘pope’, from Greek pappas ‘father’, in origin a nursery word.) In the early Christian Church, the Latin term was at first used as a title of respect for male clergy of every rank, but in the Western Church it gradually came to be restricted to bishops, and then only to the bishop of Rome; in the Eastern Church it continued to be used of all priests (see Popov, Papas). The nickname would have been used for a vain or pompous man, or for someone who had played the part of the pope in a pageant or play. The surname is also present in Ireland and Scotland.

North German: variant of Poppe.

FOREBEARS Nathaniel Pope, a “marriner” from London and Bristol, England, patented a property on Northern Neck, VA, in 1651 that later became known as “The Clifts”.

Recent Searches for "Pope" in the US

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