Explore the Family Name Adamopoulos

The meaning of Adamopoulos

Greek: patronymic from the personal name Adam (see Adam) + the ending -poulos (from Latin pullus ‘nestling, chick’), which occurs chiefly in the Peloponnese.

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How common is the last name Adamopoulos in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Adamopoulos saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 81,100 but by 2010, it had dropped to 84,748, representing a decrease in popularity of 4.5 percent. Despite this, the count of people with the Adamopoulos surname increased from 217 to 221 during the same period, indicating an overall growth of 1.84 percent. However, when considered as a proportion per 100,000 people, the frequency of the surname fell by 12.5 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,100	#84,748	-4.5%
Count	217	221	1.84%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Adamopoulos

From an ethnic identity perspective, again using the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Adamopoulos surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. There was a slight drop in this population from 95.39 percent in 2000 to 92.76 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or as having two or more races in either year. The census data also shows an emergence of Hispanic and Black populations within this surname group, accounting for 3.62 percent and 3.17 percent respectively in 2010, which was not the case in the 2000 census. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category remained at zero in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.39%	92.76%	-2.76%
Hispanic	0%	3.62%	0%
Black	0%	3.17%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%