Explore the Family Name Papaioannou

The meaning of Papaioannou

Greek: patronymic from the genitive case of the status name Papaioannes ‘John the priest’, from papas ‘priest’ (see Papas) + the personal name Iōannēs (see John). Compare Papajohn.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Papaioannou has seen a surge in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 73,659th in terms of prevalence in the U.S., but by 2010, it had risen to become the 62,045th most common surname. This represents an increase of 15.77 percent. Furthermore, the number of individuals carrying this surname expanded from 245 in 2000 to 323 in 2010, a growth rate of 31.84 percent. Proportionally, there were 0.09 Papaioannous for every 100,000 people in 2000, and this figure rose to 0.11 per 100,000 by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,659	#62,045	15.77%
Count	245	323	31.84%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.11	22.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Papaioannou

When looking at the ethnic identities associated with the surname Papaioannou, we see that data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates the majority identify as White. In 2000, 91.43 percent of Papaioannous identified as White, and this increased slightly to 93.50 percent in 2010. The proportion of those identifying with two or more races decreased from 7.35 percent in 2000 to none in 2010. There was also an emergence of Hispanic identification among Papaioannous from 0 to 4.33 percent during the same period. No changes were noted in the categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, which all remained at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.43%	93.5%	2.26%
Hispanic	0%	4.33%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	7.35%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%