How common is the surname Popescu?

1,342 people in the United States had the surname Popescu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,064 Americans. It ranked 19,976th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Popescu?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Popescu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Popescu?

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, 60th Prime Minister of Romania (2004-2008), followed by Mihai Popescu.

Where is the surname Popescu most common?

Wikidata records people named Popescu in Romania.

Is the surname Popescu getting more or less common?

More common. 938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,342 in 2010, up 43%.

The surname Popescu

A Romanian surname, carried by 1,342 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Popescu is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

Romanian origin

Borrowed from Romanian Popescu.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,342 people named Popescu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,064 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 938.

#19,976

rank among US surnames

1,342

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+43.1%

change since 2000 (was #24,892)

Who is named Popescu

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

96% of people named Popescu identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Popescus

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
60th Prime Minister of Romania (2004-2008)
Mihai Popescu
Association football player, born 1993
Laurențiu Popescu
Association football player, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Popescu

Popescu has the Soundex code P120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P120.

Questions

Where does the surname Popescu come from?: Borrowed from Romanian Popescu.
How common is the surname Popescu?: 1,342 people in the United States had the surname Popescu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,064 Americans. It ranked 19,976th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Popescu?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Popescu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Popescu?: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, 60th Prime Minister of Romania (2004-2008), followed by Mihai Popescu.
Where is the surname Popescu most common?: Wikidata records people named Popescu in Romania.
Is the surname Popescu getting more or less common?: More common. 938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,342 in 2010, up 43%.