The surname Popejoy
A surname, carried by 1,335 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P120
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,335 people named Popejoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,381.
#20,037
rank among US surnames
1,335
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-3.3%
change since 2000 (was #18,461)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #20,029 | Mangini | 1,336 | 231,097 |
| #20,037 | Hirschfeld | 1,335 | 231,270 |
Who is named Popejoy
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Popejoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Popejoy has the Soundex code P120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P120.
Questions
- How common is the surname Popejoy?
- 1,335 people in the United States had the surname Popejoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. It ranked 20,037th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Popejoy?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Popejoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Popejoy getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,335 in 2010, down 3.3%.