Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage Romanian Pronounced Pron. PO-pa [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Romanian popă "priest", from Slavic pop. This is the most common surname in Romania. Related NamesDetails VariantsPop, PopescuOther Languages & CulturesPopov(Bulgarian) Popović(Croatian) Pope(English) Pape(French) Pabst, Pfaff(German) Papadopoulos(Greek) Papp(Hungarian) Papke(Low German) Popovski(Macedonian) Popov(Russian) Popović(Serbian)