The Popa surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,153 people carried this name — #13,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 850 people named Popa live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
317 people named Popa live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
259 people named Popa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 641 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Popa.
Most of them — 75 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Popa in American newspapers,
1903–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,052 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Popa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Grigore T. Popa 1892–1948 · physician -
Victor Ion Popa 1895–1946 · writer -
Anatolie Popa 1896–1920 · military personnel -
Liviu Popa 1921–1977 · architect -
Temistocle Popa 1921–2013 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 249 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Popa.
- Pontillo 523 · U.S. census
- Ponton 2,230 · U.S. census
- Ponzio 794 · U.S. census
- Ponzo 674 · U.S. census
- Poos 219 · U.S. census
- Pop 920 · U.S. census
- Popek 704 · U.S. census
- Popescu 938 · U.S. census
- Poplin 2,394 · U.S. census
- Popoff 627 · U.S. census
- Popovic 1,094 · U.S. census
- Popp 8,849 · U.S. census
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