Explore the Family Name Pap

The meaning of Pap

1. Hungarian: variant of Papp, meaning ‘priest (of the Catholic or Orthodox Church)’. This surname is also found in Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, and Serbia, and also among Rusyns (in Serbia and Croatia). See also Pop 2 and Popa. 2. English: variant of Pape 1. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Geza, Jeno, Arpad, Attila, Csaba.

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How common is the last name Pap in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Pap has seen an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 60,390 and rose to 55,255 in 2010, reflecting a growth of 8.5%. The count of individuals with the surname also increased by 19.23% during this period, growing from 312 to 372. Consequently, the proportion of people named Pap per 100,000 also experienced an uptick of 8.33%, moving from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,390	#55,255	8.5%
Count	312	372	19.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.13	8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pap

When it comes to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows interesting shifts between 2000 and 2010 among those with the Pap surname. While the percentage identifying as White decreased slightly from 90.38% to 88.17%, there was a significant rise in those identifying as Hispanic, which skyrocketed by 119.18% from 4.17% to 9.14%. The proportion of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander remained relatively stable at around 1.6%. However, the percentage of people identifying as two or more ethnicities dropped to zero in 2010, down from 3.53% in 2000. There were no individuals with the Pap surname who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.38%	88.17%	-2.45%
Hispanic	4.17%	9.14%	119.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.6%	1.61%	0.62%
Two or More Races	3.53%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%