Alexopoulos
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Alexopoulos
Frequency: (152)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Greek: from the personal name Alexios (see Alexis) + the patronymic ending -poulos. This ending occurs chiefly in the Peloponnese. It is derived from Latin pullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’.
GIVEN NAMES: Greek 31%. Spyros (3), Dimitrios (2), Athanasia, Christos, Constantinos, Costas, Eleni, Evangelos, Georgios, Panagiotis, Soterios, Spiros.
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