Popović – Wikipedia

Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Поповић; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [pǒpoʋitɕ]) or Popovich or Popovitch (Russian: Попо́вич) is a common Serbian, Russian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Romanian, Croatian, Ukrainian and Belarusian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning son of a priest.

Geographical distribution[edit]

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).^[1]

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).^[2]

People with the surname[edit]

• Aleksandar Popović (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ana Popović, Serbian blues musician
• Andrija Popović, former Montenegrin waterpolo player, Member of Montenegrin Parliament
• Alyosha Popovich, a bogatyr (i.e., a medieval Russian knight-errant)
• 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 Popovich, a Russian international footballer
• Constantin Popovici, a Romanian platform diver
• Cvjetko Popović, member of Mlada Bosna
• Daniel (Montenegrin singer), Croatian singer Danijel Popović
• Davorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of Indexi
• Derek Popovich (born 1981), American soccer player
• Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter
• 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
• 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
• Sasha Montenegro, Montenegrin-Mexican actress born Alexandra Asimović Popović
• Sanja Popović, Croatian volleyball player
• 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

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