Find out how popular the last name Prokop is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Prokop.

Prokop, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Prokop surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Prokop in America

Prokop is the 10620th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Prokop surname appeared 3,015 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Prokop.

We can also compare 2010 data for Prokop to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Prokop

The surname Prokop originates from the Czech Republic and dates back to the 13th century. It is derived from the Slavic given name Prokop, which comes from the Greek name Procopius. This, in turn, is derived from the Greek words "pro" meaning "before" and "kopein" meaning "to toil or work hard".

The name Prokop first appeared in historical records in Bohemia, which is the western part of the modern-day Czech Republic. It was often spelled as Prokup or Prokopius in old manuscripts and documents from the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest known references to the name Prokop comes from a 13th-century chronicle called the Chronica Bohemorum, which mentions a man named Prokop who was a servant of King Wenceslas I of Bohemia (reigned 1230-1253).

In the 14th century, there is a record of a Prokop of Plzen (Pilsen), who was a prominent citizen and landowner in the city of Plzen in western Bohemia. He is mentioned in several legal documents from that period.

Another notable person with the surname Prokop was Jan Prokop (1691-1723), a Czech Catholic priest and philosopher who wrote extensively on topics such as logic and metaphysics.

During the 19th century, the name Prokop became more widespread across the Czech lands. One famous bearer of this surname was Vojtech Prokop (1792-1864), a Czech writer and journalist who founded several literary magazines and played a significant role in the Czech National Revival.

Another well-known figure was the Bohemian-Austrian painter Emanuel Prokop (1800-1870), who was renowned for his landscape paintings and portraits of the Czech nobility.

In the early 20th century, there was a Czech politician named Antonin Prokop (1870-1938), who served as a member of the Austro-Hungarian parliament and later became the first Minister of Railways in the newly formed Czechoslovakia after World War I.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Prokop

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Prokop.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Prokop was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Prokop has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Prokop was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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