Popaj
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/pəpaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Popaj is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country.
- XKKosovo≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- ALAlbania≈1 in 23K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 34K
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.
- Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 56 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈790 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Popaj 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | #358 | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Popaj | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 244 | 1 in 34K | 244 | Popaj | 8 |
| AL Albania | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Popaj | 10 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 662K | — | Popaj | 37 |
| US United States | — | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 5.9M | listed | Popaj | 56 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 308K | — | Popaj | 8 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 27 | 1 in 78K | 27 | Popaj | 2 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 244 | #5,284 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 27 | #11,410 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Popaj mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Popaj?
- A machine transcription gives /pəpaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Popaj have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 786 people named Popaj in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled popaj.
- How common is the name Popaj?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 244 people named Popaj in 2024, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
- How common is Popaj compared with other names?
- In Kosovo, Popaj is the 358th most common surname of 4,329 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/popajThe 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, “Popaj” — the 358th most common surname in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.