Saupe

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufs-/Amtsname zu poln

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/zawpʰə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Saupe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 280K

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)

≈2,000 people, est.

Sources
116 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Berufs-/Amtsname zu poln. żupan 'altpolnische Adelstracht' (übertr. Orts- und Bezirksvorsteher); 931 Träger

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saupe 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.

Where Saupe is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈2,000 est.≈1 in 41KlistedSaupe107
US United States2891 in 1.2M293Saupe116
KE Kenya≈110 est.≈1 in 468K—Saupe1
GB United Kingdom≈65 est.≈1 in 1M77Saupe47
IN India≈59 est.≈1 in 23M—Saupe1
CH Switzerland301 in 280K30Saupe7
AT Austria≈17 est.≈1 in 519K—Saupe10

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 dfa-band-5 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Saupe is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Saupé

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Saupé

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Saupe is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Berufsname zu sorb./tschech. župan > mhd. sūpan 'Verwalter; Gau-/Distriktvorsteher'; 931 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, Aus slawischem Wortgut hervorgegangener Familienname; im Abschnitt als eigener Typ zu Orts-/Bezirksvorstehern erwähnt. Bearer count not given.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, Berufsname: Amts-/Gerichtsdiener, Schöffe? bearers count not given.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In Basque, Jarabe. v. sirop. Aditua niz "saupe" erremedio hauta dela aratxentzat . J. Hiriart-Urruty GH 1957, 149. .

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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)

1700180019002000Christian Gottlob Saupe, b. 1763Ernst Julius Saupe, b. 1809Karl Alwin Saupe, b. 1861Hugo Saupe, b. 1883Walther Saupe, b. 1892Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe, b. 1909Alfred Saupe, b. 1925Dietmar Saupe, b. 1954Bernhard Saupe, b. 1976Sarah Saupe, b. 2000

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Saupe, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Saupe
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020293#71,696
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010289#68,122
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000286#64,934
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200277#39,021
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202430#27,377
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Saupe?
A machine transcription gives /zawpʰə/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Saupe mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufs-/Amtsname zu poln.
In which country does Saupe have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Saupe in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saupe.
How common is the name Saupe?
In the United States, the national register counted 289 people named Saupe in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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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, “Saupe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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