How common is the surname Opoku?

1,228 people in the United States had the surname Opoku in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Opoku getting more or less common?

More common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 134%.

The surname Opoku

An Akan surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Opoku is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Akan origin

Borrowed from Akan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,228 people named Opoku in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is up 134% since 2000, when the Census counted 526.

#21,330

rank among US surnames

1,228

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+133.5%

change since 2000 (was #39,378)

Who is named Opoku

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Opoku identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Opoku come from?: Borrowed from Akan.
How common is the surname Opoku?: 1,228 people in the United States had the surname Opoku in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Opoku?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Opoku identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Opoku getting more or less common?: More common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 134%.