Meaning of the surname Popoca
Popoca is a Nahuatl surname of the indigenous type meaning "it smokes". It is an uncommon surname in Mexico. Same root as Popocatépetl (smoking mountain); found in Puebla and Morelos.
Maya surnames from Yucatán and Campeche (Pech, Canul, Chan, Ek, May, Uc, Poot, Tun) and Nahuatl surnames from central Mexico. Yucatán is the one region of Mexico where indigenous surnames dominate the top of the list.
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Popoca appears as either half of a pair: Popoca García, López Popoca. Read how the two-surname system works.