Lopes Surname
Approximately 2,123,251 people bear this surname
Lopes Surname Definition:
“Son of the Wolf” in Portuguese. (Lupus in Latin.) Compare Wolff and Seeff.
Read More About This SurnameLopes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,536,740 | 1:139 | 20 |
| Angola | 179,247 | 1:151 | 21 |
| Portugal | 111,030 | 1:94 | 11 |
| Mozambique | 93,934 | 1:290 | 42 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 68,131 | 1:25 | 3 |
| Cape Verde | 29,007 | 1:18 | 1 |
| France | 21,860 | 1:3,039 | 199 |
| East Timor | 21,553 | 1:56 | 19 |
| United States | 17,904 | 1:20,245 | 2,557 |
| Mexico | 7,743 | 1:16,031 | 1,354 |
| India | 4,564 | 1:168,069 | 10,423 |
| Spain | 3,159 | 1:14,800 | 1,686 |
| Canada | 2,669 | 1:13,805 | 2,034 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,984 | 1:89 | 16 |
| Italy | 1,963 | 1:31,155 | 5,576 |
| England | 1,935 | 1:28,795 | 3,889 |
| Indonesia | 1,917 | 1:68,988 | 7,436 |
| Switzerland | 1,618 | 1:5,076 | 753 |
| Argentina | 1,561 | 1:27,382 | 2,296 |
| South Africa | 1,494 | 1:36,264 | 4,639 |
| Honduras | 1,070 | 1:8,240 | 585 |
| Colombia | 981 | 1:48,699 | 2,495 |
| Netherlands | 875 | 1:19,300 | 3,023 |
| Germany | 874 | 1:92,112 | 11,557 |
| Australia | 714 | 1:37,809 | 4,932 |
| Belgium | 687 | 1:16,735 | 2,565 |
| Luxembourg | 662 | 1:877 | 73 |
| Nicaragua | 575 | 1:10,471 | 741 |
| Russia | 515 | 1:279,851 | 29,034 |
| Thailand | 512 | 1:137,966 | 21,460 |
| Peru | 474 | 1:67,055 | 5,066 |
| Philippines | 439 | 1:230,611 | 35,291 |
| Venezuela | 407 | 1:74,211 | 3,085 |
| Bolivia | 329 | 1:32,269 | 2,132 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Paraguay | 270 | 1:26,803 | 966 |
| Suriname | 230 | 1:2,403 | 340 |
| Dominican Republic | 216 | 1:48,301 | 2,508 |
| Ecuador | 188 | 1:84,606 | 5,798 |
| Andorra | 157 | 1:534 | 79 |
| Namibia | 141 | 1:17,088 | 3,038 |
| Guatemala | 131 | 1:122,768 | 3,167 |
| Guyana | 125 | 1:6,098 | 1,048 |
| Senegal | 121 | 1:120,490 | 1,138 |
| Israel | 116 | 1:73,773 | 9,034 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Sweden | 87 | 1:113,181 | 8,121 |
| Ireland | 79 | 1:59,607 | 4,006 |
| Cuba | 76 | 1:151,615 | 3,669 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| Uruguay | 73 | 1:47,010 | 5,282 |
| Japan | 72 | 1:1,775,615 | 26,312 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| El Salvador | 65 | 1:97,598 | 1,619 |
| Chile | 64 | 1:275,257 | 8,123 |
| Bermuda | 51 | 1:1,280 | 202 |
| Norway | 47 | 1:109,410 | 14,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 45 | 1:512,694 | 16,131 |
| Denmark | 44 | 1:128,289 | 11,616 |
| Belarus | 43 | 1:220,955 | 27,273 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Panama | 39 | 1:100,314 | 3,825 |
| China | 33 | 1:41,433,987 | 2,228 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| Jersey | 30 | 1:3,307 | 613 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Aruba | 28 | 1:3,696 | 529 |
| Bulgaria | 28 | 1:249,247 | 13,126 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Iceland | 27 | 1:14,077 | 1,243 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 1:707,300 | 46,975 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | 1:68,199 | 5,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Macau | 14 | 1:42,974 | 357 |
| Puerto Rico | 14 | 1:253,581 | 2,469 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Belize | 7 | 1:50,782 | 2,565 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Grenada | 4 | 1:27,134 | 1,180 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 4 | 1:2,404 | 44 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 49 | 1:497,457 | 27,315 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 563 | 1:89,198 | 9,217 |
The alternate forms: Lópes (19), Lopés (14), Lopès (3), Lopês (2), Lòpes (2) & Lôpes (1) are calculated separately.
Lopes (17,685) may also be a first name.
Lopes Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Son of the Wolf” in Portuguese. (Lupus in Latin.) Compare Wolff and Seeff.
The baronet's family, of Portuguese extraction, and long resident in the island of Jamaica, settled in England in the last century.
User-submitted Reference
Spanish patronymic surname, whose original meaning is "son of Lope".
- aglb66Lopes is a Portuguese surname equivalent to the Spanish López.
- blueoddishThis surname is a patronymic of the given name Lopo.
- mfariacastroThis surname means 'son of Lopo' in portuguese.
- rik0Lopes Demographics
Average Lopes Salary in
United States
$43,200 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lopes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lopes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lopes (Hindi: लोपस, Marathi: लोपीस, Russian: Лопес) is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Lópes, Lopés, Lopès, Lopês, Lòpes or Lôpes. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lopes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 252nd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,432 people. The last name Lopes occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Lopes live; 73 percent live in South America and 72 percent live in Luso-South America. Lopes is also the 41,356th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 17,685 people.
It is the most commonly held last name in one country:Cape Verde, where 1 percent are found. The last name Lopes is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 1,536,740 people, or 1 in 139. In Brazil Lopes is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 21 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 8 percent are found. Other than Brazil this surname occurs in 166 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 8 percent are found and Portugal, where 5 percent are found.
Lopes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lopes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lopes surname grew 3,180 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,949 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lopes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (69%) in Russia and Orthodox (47%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Lopes surname are 44.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.59% registered with the political party.
The amount Lopes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 54.7% less than the national average, earning €13,604 per year; in Norway they earn 0.62% less than the national average, earning 343,925 kr per year; in Peru they earn 102.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 39,301 per year; in South Africa they earn 77.4% more than the national average, earning R 421,560 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.7% more than the national average, earning $23,995,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $43,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.31% more than the national average, earning $53,813 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lopes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lopes in the Marathi language | ||
| लोपीस | lopisa | 82.28 |
| लोपेस | lopesa | 10.46 |
| लोिपस | loipasa | 3.45 |
| लोपस | lopasa | 1.23 |
| लोप | lopa | 0.62 |
| लोपेज | lopeja | 0.22 |
| लोपेश | lopesa | 0.11 |
| Lopes in the Hindi language | ||
| लोपस | lopasa | 50 |
| लोपेस | lopesa | 50 |
| Lopes in the Russian language | ||
| Лопес | lopes | - |
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Lopes Reference & Research
Lopez DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Lopez FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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