The Popescu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,342 people carried this name — #19,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is up 43% from 938 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 560 people named Popescu live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
296 people named Popescu live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Popescu.
Most of them — 97 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
20 people named Popescu have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 207 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
252 people named Popescu is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Popescu in American newspapers,
1901–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 757 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Popescu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eufrosina Popescu 1821–1900 · actor -
Ștefanache Popescu 1824–1911 · singer-songwriter -
Ion Popescu 1830–1901 · writer -
Ioan Popescu 1832–1892 · pedagogue -
Nicolae Popescu 1835–1877 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 203 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Popescu.
- Ponzio 841 · U.S. census
- Ponzo 707 · U.S. census
- Poos 201 · U.S. census
- Pop 1,560 · U.S. census
- Popa 2,757 · U.S. census
- Popek 685 · U.S. census
- Poplin 2,379 · U.S. census
- Popoff 615 · U.S. census
- Popovic 1,274 · U.S. census
- Popp 8,947 · U.S. census
- Poppe 3,333 · U.S. census
- Populus 121 · U.S. census
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