Popielec Surname

642,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Popielec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popielec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland4141:91,80914,146
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
England101:5,571,806158,774
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Popielec Last Name Facts

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

Popielec occurs in Poland more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Popielec? popularity and diffusion

It is the 642,991st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Popielec reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Popielec is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 414 people, or 1 in 91,809. Beside Poland this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Popielec Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Popielec are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Popielec earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.7% more than the national average, earning $53,808 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.97% more than the national average, earning $55,628 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Popielec
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