Explore the Family Name Dimitropoulos

The meaning of Dimitropoulos

Greek: patronymic from the personal name Dimitri(o)s, from classical Greek Dēmētrios (see Dimitris) + the ending -poulos (from Latin pullus ‘nestling, chick’), which occurs chiefly in the Peloponnese. Compare Demetropoulos.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Dimitropoulos has seen an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The data illustrates that the rank of this surname moved up from 123314 in 2000 to 115639 in 2010, a change of 6.22%. Moreover, the count of people with the Dimitropoulos last name also rose by 17.05%, from 129 individuals in 2000 to 151 in 2010. Despite this growth, the proportion of this surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.05.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#123,314	#115,639	6.22%
Count	129	151	17.05%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.05	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dimitropoulos

In terms of ethnic identity, individuals named Dimitropoulos were predominantly identified as White according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In fact, the percentage of White individuals with this surname increased from 88.37% in 2000 to 95.36% in 2010. In contrast, those identifying with two or more races decreased to 0% in 2010 from 9.30% in 2000. Additionally, there was a small emergence of Hispanic individuals with this surname in 2010, registering at 3.31%, whereas there were none recorded in 2000. However, the data shows no Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals under the Dimitropoulos surname during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.37%	95.36%	7.91%
Hispanic	0%	3.31%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	9.3%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%