Explore the Family Name Popich

The meaning of Popich

1. Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Popić: nickname from popić, a diminutive of pop ‘priest (of the Orthodox or Greek Catholic Church)’; see Pop 2. 2. Americanized form of Slovenian Popič: nickname from archaic or dialect popič ‘bud, gemma’, also ‘navel, belly button’. Alternatively, perhaps from a diminutive of pop ‘priest’ (see 1 above). Compare Popick.

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

Based on Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Popich has moderately increased in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held a rank of 119,644 and by 2010, it had slightly moved up to 119,508. The count of individuals with this surname also saw a change of 8.21 percent, growing from 134 people in 2000 to 145 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion of individuals carrying the Popich surname per 100,000 remained stable at 0.05.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#119,644	#119,508	0.11%
Count	134	145	8.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.05	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Popich

The ethnicity distribution of those with the surname Popich also saw shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The most notable change was in the white demographic, which decreased from 97.76 percent to 92.41 percent. At the same time, there was an emergence of Hispanic representation within this surname's ethnic identity, going from zero in 2000 to 6.90 percent in 2010. There were no recorded changes in the Asian/Pacific Islander, two or more races, black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native demographics during this timeframe.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.76%	92.41%	-5.47%
Hispanic	0%	6.9%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%