Popović
Popović or Popovich or Popovitch 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, followed by Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and North Macedonia.
The frequency of the surname Popovich was highest in Ukraine, followed by Moldova, Belarus and Russia.People
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandar Popović, 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
- 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, 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, American basketball coach
- Hristina Popović , Serbian actress
- Ioan Popovici-Bănățeanul, an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer and poet
- Janko Popović Volarić, 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, Croatian basketball player
- Mark Popovic, Canadian hockey player of Serbian descent
- Marko Popović,
- 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, 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, player
- Petar Popović
- 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
- 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, Serbian activist of Otpor!
- Srđa Popović, Yugoslav and Serbian civil rights lawyer and activist
- Tiberiu Popoviciu, a Romanian mathematician
- Tony Popovic, Australian football coach of Croatian descent
- V. A. Urechia, a Moldavian, later Romanian historian
- Vasa Popović, screenwriter
- Vladimir Popović, multiple people
- Yaroslav Popovych, a Ukrainian professional cyclist