Popović
Appearance
Popović (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [pǒpoʋitɕ]) or Popovich or Popovitch (Russian: Попо́вич, Serbian Cyrillic: Поповић) is a common Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian 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).[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
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandar Popović (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ana Popović, Serbian blues musician
- Ana Maria Poppovic, Argentinian-Brazilian psychologist
- 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
- Călin Popovici (1910–1977), a Romanian astronomer
- Constantin Popovici, a Romanian platform diver
- Constantin Popovici, A Moldavian man of letters
- Cvjetko Popović, member of Mlada Bosna
- Danijel Popović, Croatian singer of Montenegrin ancestry
- Davorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of Indexi
- Derek Popovich, a midfielder currently playing for American USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads.
- Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter of Montenegrin ancestry
- Dušan Popović, 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
- Marc Popovich, American anesthesiologist, surgical intensivist and Director of Critical Care for Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital and Emory Johns Creek Hospital
- 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
- Mihai Popovici, a Moldavian cardiologist
- Milan "Danijel" Popović, Montenegrin singer
- Milan Popović (disambiguation), several people
- Milentije Popović, Serbian communist politician
- Milivoje Popović-Mavid, Serbian actor, Mira Stupica's first husband
- Milt Popovich, a former professional American football player for the National Football League
- Miodrag Popović-Deba, Serbian actor
- Nebojša Popović, Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator
- Nicolae Popovici, a Moldavian physicist
- Oliver Popović, Serbian basketball player and coach
- Paul Popovich, a former Major League Baseball second baseman|infielder for the Chicago Cubs, LA Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Pavle Popović, Serbian literary critic and historian
- Pavel Popovich, a Soviet cosmonaut
- Petar Popović (Croatian basketballer), player
- Petar Popović (Serbian basketballer)
- Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey defenceman of Croatian ancestry
- Peter S. Popovich, American lawyer, politician, and judge
- Radojica Popović, director and screenwriter
- Richard Popovic, American folk musician
- Sasha Montenegro, Montenegrin-Mexican actress (born Alexandra Asimović Popović)
- Sara Popović, Belgrade based art and portrait photographer also known as Maiko Sakura
- Sanja Popović, Croatian national volleyball team player
- Sanya Popovic, American academic of Serbian descent
- Silvia Poppovic, Brazilian journalist and TV host
- Srđa Popović (activist), Serbian activist of Otpor!
- Srđa Popović (lawyer), Yugoslav and Serbian civil rights lawyer and activist
- Tiberiu Popoviciu, a Romanian mathematician
- Tony Popovic, Australian football (soccer) coach of Croatian descent
- V. A. Urechia, a Moldavian, later Romanian historian
- Vasa Popović, screenwriter
- Vladica Popović, Serbian football player
- Vladimir Popović (disambiguation), multiple people
- Yaroslav Popovych, a Ukrainian professional cyclist