Popkin Surname

175,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Popkin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Hob, and diminutive Hobkin, sharpened to Hopkin, whence Welsh Ap-Hopkin = Popkin or Popkins, corrupted into the curious looking Popkiss of the London Directory; compare Perkins and Perkiss, or Hotchkins and Hotchkiss.

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Popkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3631:265,92725,042
Russia6951:207,37122,686
England1061:525,64232,946
Israel581:147,54515,555
Canada371:995,82774,831
Belarus341:279,44332,011
Jamaica331:86,9683,873
Kazakhstan321:552,57839,450
Bulgaria101:697,89027,590
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Kyrgyzstan81:746,58248,952
Azerbaijan81:1,206,14016,795
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England801:304,69220,471
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Popkin (29) may also be a first name.

Popkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Hob, and diminutive Hobkin, sharpened to Hopkin, whence Welsh Ap-Hopkin = Popkin or Popkins, corrupted into the curious looking Popkiss of the London Directory; compare Perkins and Perkiss, or Hotchkins and Hotchkiss. Thus English Hopkinson, Welsh Popkins.

Hopkyn ap Popkyn, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

John ap Hopkin, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Pleadings, temp. Elizabeth I.

Thomas Hopkis, 1602: Reg. St. Mary Aldermary.

1759. Married — Thomas Popkins and Hannah Forrister: St. George, Hanover Square.

1787. — John Popkin and Mary Long: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic + Teutonic) for the Welsh Ap- Hopkin = Son of Hopkin: v. Hopkin [Welsh ap, son] John ap Hopkin.—Cal. to Pleadings (Eliz. Reg.) (Teutonic) = Pop(p (v. under Popham) + the English diminutive suff. -kin [= Dutch and Flemish -ken, O.L.Ger. -k-ín]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Popkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Popkin (Russian: Попкин) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Popkin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popkin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Popkin is the 175,963rd most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,995,292 people. Popkin occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Popkin are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name internationally, held by 29 people.

The surname Popkin is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,363 people, or 1 in 265,927. In The United States Popkin is most frequent in: New York, where 19 percent reside, Florida, where 14 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States Popkin is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Popkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Popkin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Popkin surname expanded 5,926 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Popkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Popkin surname is predominantly Orthodox (66%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Popkin surname are 42.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.17% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Popkin earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 22.8% more than the national average, earning $52,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.95% more than the national average, earning $57,608 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popkina92320/
Potpkin921/
Popkkin921/
Phopking8610/
Popken831,692/
Papkin83385/
Pepkin8384/
Popcin833/
Papkina77649/
Poepken7717/
Popkyna774/
Popchin771/
Poppken771/
Popkken771/
Pappkin770/
Poopkeen711/
Pöpken67153/
Papcin6742/
Papkyn6729/
Papken677/
Pepken670/
Papkyna6245/
Pepkaen629/
Paepken627/
Papchin621/
Phapchin572/
Pavkyn5045/

Popkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popkin in the Russian language
Попкинpopkin-

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