The Poppe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,333 people carried this name — #9,730 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,112 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,283 people named Poppe 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 East Flanders.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 202 people named Poppe.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
101 people named Poppe have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 167 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 95 people named Poppe live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Poppe live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
36 people named Poppe is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Poppe in American newspapers,
1908–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,282 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Poppe,
with a public archive behind them.
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František Ludvík Poppe 1670–1730 · composer -
František Ludvík Poppe 1671–1730 · composer
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Cornelius Poppe 1691–1768 · mayor -
Cornelia Poppe d. 1635
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Judocus Poppe d. 1684 · curate
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Nicolaus Poppe 1365–1428 · provost
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Poppe.
- Popek 685 · U.S. census
- Popescu 1,342 · U.S. census
- Poplin 2,379 · U.S. census
- Popoff 615 · U.S. census
- Popovic 1,274 · U.S. census
- Popp 8,947 · U.S. census
- Populus 121 · U.S. census
- Pora 103 · U.S. census
- Porcelli 1,627 · U.S. census
- Porche 2,251 · U.S. census
- Porcher 822 · U.S. census
- Porco 738 · U.S. census
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