Explore the Family Name Poppa

The meaning of Poppa

1. German: variant of Poppe. 2. Italian: possibly from a female personal name, Poppa, of ancient Germanic origin (see Popp 1).

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Poppa' experienced a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the surname fell from 52,289 in 2000 to 56,310 in 2010, indicating a drop in popularity by 7.69 percent. The actual count of individuals carrying this surname also saw a reduction from 373 in 2000 to 363 in 2010, which is a decrease of 2.68 percent. Furthermore, the proportion per 100k people with the 'Poppa' surname decreased by 14.29 percent during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,289	#56,310	-7.69%
Count	373	363	-2.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.12	-14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Poppa

Ethnic identity-wise, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of those with the 'Poppa' surname identified as White both in 2000 and 2010. However, there was a slight shift in this ethnic distribution over the decade. While in 2000, 98.12 percent of the 'Poppas' identified as White, this figure dropped by 2.58 percent to 95.59 percent in 2010. Interestingly, the census data for 2010 shows that 3.03 percent of the 'Poppas' identified themselves as Hispanic, an ethnic identity that was not reported in the 2000 census records. Other ethnicities like Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or Two or more races were either unreported or data was suppressed for privacy in the census reports for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.12%	95.59%	-2.58%
Hispanic	0%	3.03%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%