Popescu Surname
Approximately 143,580 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 128,553 | 1:156 | 2 |
| Moldova | 5,050 | 1:705 | 39 |
| Spain | 2,918 | 1:16,022 | 1,826 |
| United States | 1,794 | 1:202,040 | 19,855 |
| Canada | 1,079 | 1:34,148 | 4,394 |
| France | 727 | 1:91,366 | 13,179 |
| Germany | 617 | 1:130,479 | 15,889 |
| Italy | 498 | 1:122,805 | 20,130 |
| England | 416 | 1:133,938 | 13,173 |
| Belgium | 385 | 1:29,861 | 4,826 |
| Sweden | 194 | 1:50,756 | 3,920 |
| Austria | 151 | 1:56,394 | 8,822 |
| Greece | 146 | 1:75,889 | 12,787 |
| Switzerland | 126 | 1:65,182 | 7,970 |
| Netherlands | 117 | 1:144,335 | 21,873 |
| Australia | 107 | 1:252,296 | 23,217 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Denmark | 73 | 1:77,325 | 7,557 |
| Israel | 50 | 1:171,153 | 17,369 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Ireland | 36 | 1:130,804 | 6,280 |
| Norway | 36 | 1:142,841 | 18,058 |
| Luxembourg | 33 | 1:17,592 | 3,875 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 1:24,499 | 1,578 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
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-173293A Romanian surname, meaning 'descendant of a priest'; from popa (priest or pope) and the patronymic suffix, -escu.
- theangrybarrelA surname given to the son or descendent of a priest.
- rares_maglanPopescu Demographics
Average Male Popescu Height
176.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
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