Popović (; ) or Popovytch () or Popovič or Popovich or Popovitch () is a common Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Romanian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning son of a priest.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, the frequency of the surname Popović was highest in Montenegro (1: 68), followed by Serbia (1: 145), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1: 354), Croatia (1: 690), Slovenia (1: 1,485) and North Macedonia (1: 2,066).Popović Surname Distribution
The frequency of the surname Popovich was highest in Ukraine (1: 1,530), followed by Moldova (1: 4,735), Belarus (1: 9,762) and Russia (1: 10,762).Popovich Surname Distribution
People with the surname
Aleksandar Popović (disambiguation), multiple people Sasha Montenegro, Montenegrin-Mexican actress born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović Alyosha Popovich, a bogatyr (i.e., a medieval Russian knight-errant) Ana Popović, Serbian blues musician Andrija Popović, former Montenegrin waterpolo player, Member of Montenegrin Parliament Anton Popovič, Slovak translation scientist and text theoretician Balša Popović, Serbian footballer Barbara Popović, Macedonian singer Bogdan Popović, Serbian literary critic and historian. Brother of Pavle Popović, also a literary critic Bojan Popović, Serbian basketball player Bojana Popović, Montenegrin handball player Boris Popovič, Slovene politician and entrepreneur Boris Popovich, Russian international footballer Constantin Popovici, Romanian platform diver Minja Popović, Serbian footballer Cvjetko Popović, member of Mlada Bosna Daniel (Montenegrin singer), Croatian singer Danijel Popović Davorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of Indexi Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter Dragana Popović, Yugoslav-American physicist Dušan Popović (disambiguation), several people Evgenije Popović, Montenegrin politician, writer and diplomat Greg Popovich, American business executive Gregg Popovich (born 1949), American basketball coach Hristina Popović (born 1982), Serbian actress Ioan Popovici-Bănățeanul, an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer and poet Janko Popović Volarić (born 1980), Croatian actor Joško Popović, Croatian national football team player Jovan Sterija Popović, Serbian playwright Justin Popović, Christian Orthodox theologian Koča Popović, Serbian communist politician Krsto Zrnov Popović, Montenegrin captain Lazar Popović, Serbian football player Lea Popovičová (born 2007), Slovak speed skater Leona Popović, Croatian alpine ski racer Ljuba Popović, Serbian surrealist painter Marina Popovich, a Soviet test pilot, Pavel Popovich's wife Marko Popović (born 1982), Croatian basketball player Mark Popovic, Canadian hockey player of Serbian descent Marko Popović (disambiguation), Marko Miljanov Popović, Montenegrin writer Mića Popović, Serbian painter Mihai Popovici, an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician Danijel (singer), Montenegrin singer Milan Popović Milan Popović (disambiguation), several people Milentije Popović, Serbian communist politician Milt Popovich, American former National Football League player Mina Popović, Serbian national volleyball team player Miodrag Popović, Serbian actor Nebojša Popović, Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator Oliver Popović, Serbian basketball player and coach Paul Popovich, former Major League Baseball player Paul Popowich, Canadian actor Pavle Popović, Serbian literary critic and historian Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut Petar Popović (Croatian basketballer) Petar Popović (Serbian basketballer) Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey defenceman Peter S. Popovich, American lawyer, politician, and judge Sanja Popović, Croatian volleyball player Saša Popović, Serbian businessman, entrepreneur, musician and TV personality Silvija Popović, Serbian national volleyball player Srđa Popović (activist), Serbian activist of Otpor! Srđa Popović (lawyer), Yugoslav and Serbian civil rights lawyer and activist Tiberiu Popoviciu, Romanian mathematician Tony Popovic, Australian football (soccer) coach of Croatian descent Vasilije Popović (disambiguation), multiple people Vladica Popović, Serbian football player Vladimir Popović (disambiguation), multiple people Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian professional cyclist Zoran Popovich (1931–2018), Pennsylvania mayor and judge
See also
Popowicz Popov Popovici Popovitsa
References