Popp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Popp was a name for a confident or haughty person. Popp is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress. The surname Popp comes from the Old English word pope, which referred to the Bishop of Rome, and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Although this is also a title of office, as a surname, it was most often applied as a nickname. 1

Early Origins of the Popp family

The surname Popp was first found in Elgin where "a family of Paips or Papes appear to have belonged originally, and some of them were in the legs profession before the Reformation. In Caithness, Sutherland, and Orkney, the surname is still pronounced Paip. In 1363 William Pop, son and heir of William Pop, burgess of Elgin, made a gift to the altar of the Virgin in the church of S. Giles in Elgin, and in 1375 there is mention of Robert Pop of Elgin. Adam Popp and Robertus Popp were jurors on an assize regarding the mill lands of Quarelwode in 1389." 2

Early History of the Popp family

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Popp Spelling Variations

During the Middle Ages, there was no basic set of rules and scribes wrote according to sound. The correct spelling of Scottish names were further compromised after many haphazard translations from Gaelic to English and back. Spelling variations of the name Popp include Pope, Paip, Pape, Paipe, Popp and others.

Early Notables of the Popp family

Notable amongst the Clan at this time was Thomas Pope (died 1400), from Gloucester, was an English politician, Member of the Parliament for Gloucester in 1393 and 1397; Sir Thomas Pope (1507-1559), English founder of Trinity College, Oxford, elder son of William Pope, a small landowner at Deddington, near Banbury; and Walter Pope (c. 1627-1714), an English astronomer and poet from Northamptonshire. Sir William Pope (1573-1631) of Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, was...
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Popp Ranking

In the United States, the name Popp is the 4,549^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 3

Popp migration to the United States +

Scots left their country by the thousands to travel to Australia and North America. Desperate for freedom and an opportunity to fend for themselves, many paid huge fees and suffered under terrible conditions on long voyages. Still, for those who made the trip, freedom and opportunity awaited. In North America, many fought their old English oppressors in the American War of Independence. In recent years, Scottish heritage has been an increasingly important topic, as Clan societies and other organizations have renewed people's interest in their history. An examination of passenger and immigration lists shows many early settlers bearing the name of Popp:

Popp Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Popp, who landed in New England in 1635 4

Popp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Conrad Popp, who settled in America in 1764
Conrad Popp, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764 4
Bernhard Popp, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1765 4
Nicholas Popp, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 4
Hans Joerg Popp, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1768 4
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Popp Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George A Popp, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1840 4
Frank Popp, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 4
John Popp, who arrived in Texas in 1850-1906 4
Gottlieb Popp, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1854 4
Ehrhard Popp, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1854 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Popp (post 1700) +

Angela Cornelia Monica Popp (b. 1968), American who has worked as a director, screenwriter, songwriter and producer
Bernard Ferdinand Popp (b. 1917), American Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
Cynthia J. Popp (b. 1962), American television director and producer
William Peter Popp (1877-1909), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Archbishop Nathaniel Popp (b. 1940), American Romanian Orthodox clergyman
Jim Popp (b. 1964), the American general manager of the Montreal Alouettes football club
Thomas L. Popp, American politician, Member of Maryland State House of Delegates from Allegany County, 1931-37 5
Thomas G. Popp, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1986 5
Jeanette Popp, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Texas State House of Representatives 99th District, 2004 5
Harold R. Popp, American politician, Member of Minnesota State Senate 22nd District; Elected 1958 5
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Citations +

Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html