Explore the Family Name Petropoulos

The meaning of Petropoulos

Greek: patronymic from the personal name Petros (see Peter) + the ending -poulos (from Latin pullus ‘nestling, chick’), which occurs chiefly in the Peloponnese. Some characteristic forenames: Greek Antonios, Dimitrios, Anastassios, Angelos, Demos, Evangelos, Ilias, Konstantinos, Kostas, Labros, Panagiota, Panayotis.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Petropoulos ranked 31,339 in popularity in the year 2000 and slightly dipped to 31,587 by 2010, demonstrating a minimal change of -0.79. The number of individuals bearing the Petropoulos surname increased from 699 in 2000 to 732 in 2010, showing an increase of 4.72. However, when considering its proportion per 100k individuals, the presence of the surname decreased by 3.85.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,339	#31,587	-0.79%
Count	699	732	4.72%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.25	-3.85%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Petropoulos

Moving to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Petropoulos, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows a marked predominance of the White ethnicity, which rose from 94.42% in 2000 to 95.90% in 2010. Individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or belonging to two or more races saw decreases in their percentages, with the former group disappearing entirely by 2010. The Hispanic portion of the Petropoulos surname bearers also decreased from 2.86% to 2.32%. There were no reported instances of this surname among those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.42%	95.9%	1.57%
Hispanic	2.86%	2.32%	-18.88%
Two or More Races	1.43%	0.96%	-32.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.14%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%