| ![Show Contents]() Pop History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Pop was first used as a surname among the descendants of the ancient Scottish people known as the Picts. It was a name for a confident or haughty person. Pop 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 Pop 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 Pop familyThe surname Pop 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 Pop familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pop research. Another 171 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1137, 1393, 1397, 1400, 1507, 1516, 1540, 1559, 1573, 1580, 1585, 1596, 1598, 1599, 1602, 1603, 1606, 1611, 1622, 1624, 1627, 1631, 1653, 1660, 1688, 1714, 1744 and 1782 are included under the topic Early Pop History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pop Spelling VariationsRepeated and inaccurate translation of Scottish names from Gaelic to English and back resulted in a wide variety of spelling variations with single names. Pop has appeared Pope, Paip, Pape, Paipe, Popp and others. Early Notables of the Pop familyNotable 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...
- Sir William Pope (1573-1631) of Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, was made knight of the Bath in 1603, and a Baronet in 1611. His son Sir William Pope (1596-1624) had three sons. The eldest was Sir Thomas...
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744), was an English poet, son of Alexander Pope, born in Lombard Street, London. Another Alexander Pope or Paip (died 1782) was a Scottish minister of the church of Scotland and...
Pop RankingIn France, the name Pop is the 6,358th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 3
 Pop migration to the United States | + |
Many Scottish families suffered enormous hardships and were compelled to leave their country of birth. They traveled to Ireland and Australia, but mostly to the colonies of North America, where many found the freedom and opportunity they sought. It was not without a fight, though, as many were forced to stand up and defend their freedom in the American War of Independence. The ancestors of these Scots abroad have rediscovered their heritage in the last century through the Clan societies and other organizations that have sprung up across North America. Immigration and passenger ship lists show some important early immigrants bearing the name Pop:
Pop Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Conrad Pop, aged 26, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741 4
- Judith Pop, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1767 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Pop (post 1700) | + |
- Iggy Pop (b. 1947), born James Newell Osterberg
- Denniz Pop (1963-1998), Swedish DJ
| Historic Events for the Pop family | + |
- Mrs. Georgia Pop (1880-1914), Hungarian Third Class Passenger from Budapest, Hungary who survived the sinking on the Empress of Ireland 5
- Mr. Veralin Pop (1872-1914), Hungarian Third Class Passenger from Budapest, Hungary who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 5
- 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)
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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)
- Commemoration Empress of Ireland 2014. (Retrieved 2014, June 17) . Retrieved from http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/listepsc1.html
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