Pappa is used as a family name or surname in Greece. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pappa
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Greece
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pappa

How popular is Pappa?

Pappa is common in Greece.

Pappa is ranked 20249 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pappa bearers increased by 5.359662 per cent in 2010 US census to 747 since 2000, the surname slipped by 98 spots and ranked at 31068. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.55 89.99
Hispanic or Latino 7.5 5.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.14 2.4
Others 1.47 0.85
Pappa is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Greece which signifies that it is originated from Greece. Around 25648 people have been found who wears Pappa as their family name. Pappa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,594 Pakistan5
10,686 Costa Rica3
4,138 Bahrain3
20,837 Venezuela2
18,718 Thailand2
13,552 Qatar2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
18,035 Egypt2
10,284 Kuwait2
9,272 Ecuador2
6,103 Cyprus2
14,004 Hungary2
40,256 Mexico2
65,594 Belgium2
7,574 Bangladesh2
20,595 China2
12,172 Ghana2
28,232 Morocco2
50,549 Georgia1
31,207 Ireland1
53,033 Nigeria1
19,810 Croatia1
34,581 Chile1
37,493 Austria1
5,872 Namibia1
444 Faroe Islands1
11,510 Oman1
2,309 Monaco1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,196 Liberia1
16,073 Latvia1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
16,640 Hong Kong1
62,864 New Zealand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
85,726 Canada32
14,963 Scotland26
20,233 Denmark25
297,046 Russia25
68,343 Spain23
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,536 Finland72
12,039 Colombia70
4,082 Estonia61
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Pappa:
31,633 United States927
19,380 Germany538
1,138 Norway505
12,715 South Africa493
14,020 Argentina388
19,682 England269
42,856 Brazil254
39,305 Indonesia249
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
16,033 Netherlands173
13,504 Romania146
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Pappa:
14,803 India3,029
848 Guatemala2,153
697 Sweden1,523
10,292 Italy1,053
Countries with ten thousands of Pappa:
19 Greece13,073
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Pappa worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 26 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Alsatia and arrived on June 8, 1887. Laborer Aguilino Pappa, Angelo Pappa, aged 30, Augusto Pappa (34) Laborer, Laborer Battisto Pappa, Cherico Pappa (36) Laborer, Delfina Pappa (34) House maid, Francesco Pappa, aged 18, Laborer G. Pappa, and 5 other Pappa around 57.14% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Hamburg, Naples, Havre and Marseilles.

Pappa Namesakes

  • Adriano Pappalardo, Singer
  • Aglaia Pappa, Actress
  • Aglaia Pappa, Actress
  • Alexandros Pappas, Soccer player
  • Alexi Pappas, Screenwriter
  • George Pappas, Musical Artist
  • Aliki Pappas, Actress
  • Tas Pappas, Skateboarder
  • T. R. Pappa, Music Director
  • Tasos Pappas, Soccer player
  • In 1973, Hristina Pappa characterized the role of N in thriller movie Apoplanisi.

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