Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Поповић; ) or Popovich or Popovitch (russian: Попо́вич) is a common

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

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, Russian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Romanian,

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

, Ukrainian and

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

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
/ref> 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
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People with the surname

Aleksandar Popović (disambiguation) Aleksandar Popović may refer to: * Aleksandar Popović (sprinter) (born 1957), Yugoslav Olympic sprinter * Aleksandar Popović (politician) (born 1971), Yugoslav sprinter, Serbian politician * Aleksandar Popović (writer) (1929–1996), Serbian ...

, 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 Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recognitio ...

, Montenegrin handball player *

Boris Popovich Boris Nikolayevich Popovich (russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Попо́вич) (1896–1943) was an association football player. International career Popovich played his only game for Russia on July 12, 1914 in a friendly again ...

, a Russian international footballer * Constantin Popovici, a Romanian platform diver *

Cvjetko Popović Cvjetko Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Цвјетко Поповић; 1896 – 9 June 1980) was a Bosnian Serb who was involved in the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Early life and assassination He was born in what is ...

, member of Mlada Bosna * Daniel (Montenegrin singer), Croatian singer Danijel Popović * Davorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of Indexi *

Derek Popovich Derek Popovich (born April 24, 1981 in Syracuse, New York, United States) is a midfielder who plays for American MISL side Syracuse Silver Knights. Popovich grew up in Baldwinsville, New York. He attended SUNY Oswego, playing on the men's soc ...

(born 1981), American soccer player * Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter *

Dušan Popović (disambiguation) Dušan Popović may refer to: * Dušan Popović (1877–1958), Vojvodina Serb lawyer, Croat-Serb politician, member of the Croatian and Hungarian Parliaments * Dušan A. Popović (1884–1918), Serbian politician with the Serbian Social Democratic ...

, several people * Evgenije Popović, Montenegrin politician, writer and diplomat *

Greg Popovich Greg Popovich is an American business executive in the wine industry. He is the founder and owner of Castle Rock Winery. Career Popovich began his career in the wine business working for his uncle at Lost Hills (Acampo/Lodi). He also worked fo ...

, American business executive * Gregg Popovich (born 1949), American basketball coach *

Hristina Popović Hristina Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Христина Поповић; born 26 March 1982) is a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1991. Selected filmography References External links * 1982 births Living people ...

(born 1982), Serbian actress *

Ioan Popovici-Bănățeanul Ioan Popovici-Bănățeanul (born Ioan Popovici; April 17, 1869 – September 9, 1893) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer and poet. Born in Lugoj into a family of small-scale craftsmen, his father Nicolae Popovici made '' opinci ...

, 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 Lazar Popović (; born 10 January 1983) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a striker. Popović was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro youth teams. Club career Popović started his professional career in FK Čukarički and playe ...

, 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) Marko Popović may refer to: *Marko Miljanov Popović (1833–1901), Montenegrin-Serbian general and writer * Marko Popović (basketball, born 1982), Croatian point guard/shooting guard * Marko Popović (basketball, born 1984), Serbian and Bosnian ...

, Croatian basketball player *

Mark Popovic Mark Popovic (born October 11, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Playing career As a youth, Popovic played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey ...

, Canadian hockey player of Serbian descent *

Marko Popović (disambiguation) Marko Popović may refer to: * Marko Miljanov Popović (1833–1901), Montenegrin-Serbian general and writer * Marko Popović (basketball, born 1982), Croatian point guard/shooting guard * Marko Popović (basketball, born 1984), Serbian and Bosnian ...

, *

Marko Miljanov Popović Marko Miljanov Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Миљанов Поповић, ; 25 April 1833 – 2 February 1901) was a Brda chieftain and Montenegrin general and writer. He entered the service of Danilo I, the first secular Prince of Monteneg ...

, Montenegrin writer * Mića Popović, Serbian painter * Mihai Popovici, an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician *

Danijel (singer) Milan Popović (; born 29 October 1955), better known as Danijel Popović () or simply Daniel (), is a Montenegrin-Croatian pop singer. Biography Born to a Montenegrin father and a Belgian mother, Popović was raised in Titograd, but made hi ...

, Montenegrin singer Milan Popović *

Milan Popović (disambiguation) Milan Popović may refer to: * Milan N. Popović (1924–2012), Serbian psychiatrist-psychoanalyst * Milan Popović (born 1955), a.k.a. Daniel (Montenegrin singer) * Milan Popović (handballer) Milan Popović (born 23 September 1990) is a Monteneg ...

, several people * Milentije Popović, Serbian communist politician * Milt Popovich, American former National Football League player * Mina Popović, Serbian national volleyball team player *

Miodrag Popović Miodrag Popović ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Поповић; 1920-2005) was a Yugoslav and Serbian historian. Works Monographies *''Vuk Stefanović Karadžić 1787-1864'', 1964 *''Istorija srpske književnosti – romantizam I – III'', 196 ...

, Serbian actor * Nebojša Popović, Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator * Oliver Popović, Serbian basketball player and coach *

Paul Popovich Paul Edward Popovich (born August 18, 1940) is a former American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1964 through 1975 for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Early years Popovich a ...

, 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 may refer to: * Petar Popović (architect) (1873–1945), Serbian architect * Petar Popović (basketball, born 1959), Croatian former basketball player, father of Marko Popović * Petar Popović (basketball, born 1979), Serbian profes ...

* Petar Popović (Serbian basketballer) * Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey defenceman *

Peter S. Popovich Peter Stephen Popovich (November 27, 1920 – March 29, 1996) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from Minnesota. He is the only person in the state's history to serve as both Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals The Min ...

, 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) Srđa Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђа Поповић, born 1 February 1973) is a Serbian political activist. He was a leader of the student movement Otpor! that helped topple Serbian president Slobodan Milošević. After briefly pursuing a politica ...

, Serbian activist of Otpor! *

Srđa Popović (lawyer) Srđa M. Popović (; 24 February 1937 – 29 October 2013) was a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav lawyer and political activist. Early life Srđa Popović was born on 24 February 1937 in Belgrade to his mother Dana and father Mi ...

, 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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