The Prokop surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,015 people carried this name — #10,620 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,014).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Prokop surname
From the Czech, Polish, Ukrainian and Belarusian personal name Prokop.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Prokop» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,205 people named Prokop have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,141 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 89 people named Prokop.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Yonne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 86 people named Prokop 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
36 people named Prokop live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
42 people named Prokop 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
Prokop in American newspapers,
1878–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,251 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Prokop,
with a public archive behind them.
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August Prokop 1838–1915 · architect -
Josef Prokop 1839–1904 · architect -
Prokop d. 1507 · theologian
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Philipp Jacob Prokop 1740–1814 · sculptor
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Antonín Prokop 1794–1869 · visual artist
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Josef Alois Prokop 1807–1862 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prokop.
- Procacci 151 · U.S. census
- Procida 409 · U.S. census
- Proffit 1,151 · U.S. census
- Profit 1,648 · U.S. census
- Proia 604 · U.S. census
- Proietti 445 · U.S. census
- Prola 133 · U.S. census
- Pron 178 · U.S. census
- Prophete 1,219 · U.S. census
- Prosper 1,352 · U.S. census
- Prosperi 451 · U.S. census
- Prospero 508 · U.S. census
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