Popescu Surname

3,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143,580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Popescu Surname User-submission:

Popescu is a Romanian surname, meaning 'son of a priest'. It is derived from the word popă, meaning 'priest', 'parson' or 'Pope', and the suffix -escu, meaning 'son of'.

Popescu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania128,5531:1562
Moldova5,0501:70539
Spain2,9181:16,0221,826
United States1,7941:202,04019,855
Canada1,0791:34,1484,394
France7271:91,36613,179
Germany6171:130,47915,889
Italy4981:122,80520,130
England4161:133,93813,173
Belgium3851:29,8614,826
Sweden1941:50,7563,920
Austria1511:56,3948,822
Greece1461:75,88912,787
Switzerland1261:65,1827,970
Netherlands1171:144,33521,873
Australia1071:252,29623,217
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Denmark731:77,3257,557
Israel501:171,15317,369
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Ireland361:130,8046,280
Norway361:142,84118,058
Luxembourg331:17,5923,875
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Scotland251:214,15311,205
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Wales121:257,87814,969
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Albania41:728,51420,844
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China21:683,660,78330,601
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Iceland21:190,0456,825
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malta11:430,2723,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
San Marino11:33,214932
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Popescu (198) may also be a first name.

Popescu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Popescu is a Romanian surname, meaning 'son of a priest'. It is derived from the word popă, meaning 'priest', 'parson' or 'Pope', and the suffix -escu, meaning 'son of'.

- deleted-173293

A Romanian surname, meaning 'descendant of a priest'; from popa (priest or pope) and the patronymic suffix, -escu.

- theangrybarrel

A surname given to the son or descendent of a priest.

- rares_maglan

Popescu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Popescu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Popescu is found most frequently in Romania. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Popescu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Popescu is the 3,903rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,756 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Popescu are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 644,447th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 198 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 128,553 people, or 1 in 156. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 15 percent are found, Gorj County, where 8 percent are found and Argeș County, where 7 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 105 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 4 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

Popescu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Popescu last name are 1.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.19% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Popescu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 66.9% less than the national average, earning €9,941 per year; in Norway they earn 37.27% more than the national average, earning 475,062 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.8% more than the national average, earning R 441,540 per year; in United States they earn 10.77% more than the national average, earning $47,796 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $51,005 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popescou936/
Popaescu935/
Poppescu931/
Popescui931/
Popoescu931/
Poppescou886/
Popesku862,705/
Papescu8637/
Popascu861/
Popeskou8041/
Popeszku8025/
Popoesku802/
Poppesqou7517/
Papesku716/
Popysku711/

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