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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : patronymic from the personal name Demos, pet form of Dēmētrios (see Demetriou), + the suffix -poulos, derived from Latin pullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’; this ending occurs chiefly in the Peloponnese.

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