Kostopoulos
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kostopoulos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. In Guernsey it is the 42nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: patronymic from the personal name Kostas -i- the patronymic ending -poulos, derived from Latinpullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’.
- GRGreece≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 708K
- CYCyprus≈1 in 42K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kostopoulos itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 162 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈730 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Κωστοπουλος in GR Greece and Costopoulos in GG Guernsey.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
patronymic from the personal name Kostas -i- the patronymic ending -poulos, derived from Latinpullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’. This ending is found mainly in the Peloponnese.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kostopoulos counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 139K | — | Kostopoulos | 1 |
| GR Greece | #423 | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 20 | Κωστοπουλος | 79 |
| US United States | — | 470 | 1 in 708K | 470 | Kostopoulos | 162 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 251K | — | Kostopoulos | 45 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 178K | — | Kostopoulos | 50 |
| NO Norway | — | 36 | 1 in 152K | 36 | Kostopoulos | 9 |
| CY Cyprus | #897 | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Kostopoulos | 9 |
| GG Guernsey | #42 | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Costopoulos | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stavros Kostopoulosb. 1900GRGreek politician
- Mitsos Kostopoulosb. 1942GRGreek writer and politician
- Petros Kostopoulosb. 1954GRGreek former businessman and publisher
- Kristin Kostopoulosb. 1963NONorwegian musician
- Charis Costopoulosb. 1964GRnot in their usual nameGreek singer (1964–2024)
- Tom Kostopoulosb. 1979CAice hockey player
- Zak Kostopoulosb. 1985GRGreek LGBT activist
- Aleksander Kostopoulosb. 1987NONorwegian musician, drummer
- Sotiris KostopoulosGRGreek politician
- Spiros KostopoulosGRresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Kostopoulos come from?
- patronymic from the personal name Kostas -i- the patronymic ending -poulos, derived from Latinpullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’. This ending is found mainly in the Peloponnese. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Kostopoulos mean?
- Recorded meaning: patronymic from the personal name Kostas -i- the patronymic ending -poulos, derived from Latinpullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’.
- In which country does Kostopoulos have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 731 people named Kostopoulos in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kostopoulos.
- How common is the name Kostopoulos?
- In the United States, the national register counted 470 people named Kostopoulos in 2010, about 1 in 708 thousand residents.
- How common is Kostopoulos compared with other names?
- In Guernsey, Kostopoulos is the 42nd most common surname of 45 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kostopoulosThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kostopoulos” — the 42nd most common surname in Guernsey. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.