Joppe
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufs-/Übername: zu mhd
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒp/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Joppe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 47K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 209K
- GHGhana≈1 in 475K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 69 (measured from records)
- 1 in 47K (inferred from the name graph)
≈380 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Berufs-/Übername: zu mhd. joppe 'Joppe; Oberkleidung'.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joppe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 209K | — | Joppe | 50 |
| NL Netherlands | 369 | 1 in 47K | 1.3K | Joppe | 64 |
| US United States | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 4.2M | listed | Joppe | 45 |
| FR France | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | 12 | Joppe | 69 |
| GH Ghana | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 475K | — | Joppe | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 8 | 1 in 1.5M | 8 | Joppe | 33 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Joppe is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from 'Jacke'; also from Hiob or Jodocus
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Swedish, A marijuana cigarette, a joint.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, illative singular of jope
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, loden jacket
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdt, to fall
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joppe Paulidesb. 1983NLDutch volleyball player
- Joppe Trab. 2000researcher
- Joppe Mennesb. 2003BEBelgian basketball player (born 2003)
- Joppe Heremansb. 2003BEBelgian cyclist
- Joppe Van Langendonckb. 2003BEBelgian beachvolleyball player
- Joppe TangheBEBelgian musician
- Joppe NieuwenhuisNLresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 369 | #5,473 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 9 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 8 | #78,808 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 4 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Joppe?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒp/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Joppe mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufs-/Übername: zu mhd.
- In which country does Joppe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 384 people named Joppe in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joppe.
- Where is Joppe most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Joppe is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 47 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Joppe?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 369 people named Joppe in 2007, about 1 in 47 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Joppe?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/joppeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Joppe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.