Popesko Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Popesko Surname User-submission:

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

Popesko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2531:179,93224,640
Russia1411:1,022,14978,372
Kazakhstan291:609,74142,435
Moldova141:254,38322,033
Transnistria81:59,3378,632
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Popesko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

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

- rares_maglan

Popesko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Popesko (Georgian: პოპესკო, Russian: Попеско) is found most in Ukraine. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Popesko click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popesko? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 645,988th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name Popesko occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Popesko live; 73 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Popesko is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is held by 253 people, or 1 in 179,932. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Odessa Oblast, where 47 percent reside, Vinnytsia Oblast, where 10 percent reside and Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Ukraine it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 30 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 6 percent reside.

Popesko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Popesko surname is principally Orthodox (78%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Popesko surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popeskou9341/
Popetsko9310/
Pospeshko882/
Popesco86426/
Papesko866/
Popysko861/
Popescou806/
Poppesco804/
Podpisko803/
Pepeshko801/
Popechko801/
Popyszko801/
Poppesqou7517/
Poppescou756/
Popesca715/
Pepeska714/
Papeska712/
Popasco711/
Popitschko711/
Popychko67170/
Popishka6719/
Popichko673/
Podpiska672/
Popozska671/
Papesca5757/
Peposka5726/
Papiska5725/
Pepiska571/
Papashka537/
Papajska534/
Papichko531/

Popesko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popesko in the Georgian language
პოპესკოpopesko-
Popesko in the Russian language
Попескоpopesko-

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