Popesku Surname
Approximately 2,705 people bear this surname
Popesku Surname User-submission:
A surname given to the son or descendent of a priest.
Popesku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1,645 | 1:27,673 | 3,986 |
| Russia | 437 | 1:329,801 | 33,124 |
| Moldova | 263 | 1:13,541 | 2,327 |
| Serbia | 101 | 1:70,742 | 6,305 |
| Transnistria | 100 | 1:4,747 | 834 |
| Kazakhstan | 56 | 1:315,759 | 26,264 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Romania | 21 | 1:956,089 | 52,327 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Popesku Surname Meaning
Popesku Demographics
Average Popesku Salary in
United States
$37,660 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Popesku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popesku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Popesku (Georgian: პოპესკუ, Russian: Попеску) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Popesku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Popesku? popularity and diffusion
Popesku is the 161,068th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,694,102 people. Popesku occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Popesku live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 77 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Popesku is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is carried by 1,645 people, or 1 in 27,673. In Ukraine Popesku is mostly found in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 76 percent are found, Odessa Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 16 percent are found and Moldova, where 10 percent are found.
Popesku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia and Orthodox (79%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Popesku surname are 30.65% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 77.42% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Popesku earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 12.72% less than the national average, earning $37,660 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.62% more than the national average, earning $54,957 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Popesku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Popesku in the Georgian language | ||
| პოპესკუ | popesku | - |
| Popesku in the Russian language | ||
| Попеску | popesku | - |
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Footnotes
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