South Slavic language
The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West and East) ...
patronymic surname literally meaning ''Peter's son'', equivalent to the English last name of Peterson. In
Eastern Slavic naming customs
Eastern Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's given name and patronymic name in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.
They are commonly used in Russia, Belarus, Ukr ...
its counterpart is "Petrovich".
The surname Petrović is particularly tied to Serbian nationality; the majority of Petrovićs come from Serbia (83% of them) and the Serbian Royal Family's original surname is "Petrović", originating from
Karađorđe Petrović
Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independ ...
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Petrović is the second most frequent surname in Serbia, it is also ranked in the first 10 in Montenegro and is also the 11th most common in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers (2011 census). It is the third most common surname in the
Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and B ...
City of Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...
Aleksandar Petrović (film director)
Aleksandar Petrović (14 January 1929 – 20 August 1994) was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s and one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave. Two of his films were nominate ...
Biljana Petrović
Biljana Petrović (née Bojović; born 28 February 1961) is a retired Serbian high jumper.Branimir Petrović (born 1982), Serbian footballer
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Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš
Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Данило I Петровић-Његош; 25 May 1826 – 13 August 1860) was the ruling Prince of Montenegro from 1851 to 1860. The beginning of his reign marked the transition of Montenegro from an archai ...
(1826–60), Serbian Prince
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Danilo Petrović (tennis)
Danilo Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Данило Петровић, ; born 24 January 1992) is an inactive Serbian tennis player.
Petrović has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 137 achieved on 19 October 2020. He also has a career high dou ...
(born 1992), Serbian tennis player
* Draško Petrović (born 1965), current CEO of Telekom Srbija
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Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the Nati ...
(1964–93), Croatian basketball player
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Dušan Petrović
Dušan Petrović ( sr-cyr, Душан Петровић, ; born 8 September 1966) is a Serbian former politician, a former long-time member of Democratic Party (DS) and the former Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management bet ...
(born 1966), Serbian politician
* Goran Petrović (born 1961), Serbian writer
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Jovana Petrović
Jovana Petrović ( sr-cyr, Јована Петровић; born ) is a Serbian women's football goalkeeper, who plays in the Turkish Women's Super League for ALG Spor with jersey number 1. She is a member of the Serbia women's national team. ...
(boen 2001), Serbian women's football goalkeeper
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Karađorđe Petrović
Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independ ...
Ljupko Petrović
Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубомир "Љупко" Петровић; born 15 May 1947) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He also holds a Bosnian passport.
As a manager, Petrović's biggest success wa ...
Nenad Petrović (chess composer) Nenad Petrović, (September 7, 1907, in Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia-Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) – November 9, 1989, in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Yugoslavia) was a Croatian chess problemist.
Chess career
Nenad ...
(1907–89), Croatian chess problemist
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Nenad Petrović (writer)
Nenad Petrović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Петровић) (Zagreb, 30 May 1925 – London, 21 March 2014) was a Serbian writer, and one of numerous displaced persons after World War II and revolution in Yugoslavia.
Life
Petrović was born ...
(born 1925), Serbian writer
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Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš
Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 19 ...
(1841–1921), Prince of Montenegro
* Ognjen "Olja" Petrović (1948–2000), Serbian goalkeeper (football)
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Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro as the Metropolitan (''vladika'') of Cetinje, and Exarch (legate) of the Serbi ...
(1747–1830), Prince-Bishop
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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ; – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered ...
(1813–51), Prince-Bishop
* Radič Petrović (1738–1816), Serbian Revolutionary
* Radosav Petrović (born 1989), Serbian footballer
* Roman Petrović (1896–1947), Bosnian expressionist painter
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Saša Petrović (actor)
Saša Petrović (2 January 1962 – 27 January 2023)Saša Petrović (footballer) (born 1966), former Montenegrin football goalkeeper
* Sava II Petrović-Njegoš (1702–82), Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
* Sava Petrović (botanist) (1839–1889), botanist
* Stanojlo Petrović(1813–1894) Serbian high-ranking officer and public benefactor
*Hajduk Veljko Petrović (c. 1780–1813), known simply as Hajduk-Veljko, one of the vojvodas of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
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Veljko Petrović (poet)
Veljko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Петровић; Sombor, Serbia, 4 February 1884 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 27 July 1967) was a Serbian poet, short story writer, diplomat, and academic.
Biography
Veljko Petrović was born i ...
Vladimir Petrović (footballer, born 1972)
Vladimir Petrović (born 4 February 1972) is a Croatia
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(born 1972), Croatian footballer
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Željko Petrović
Željko Petrović ( sr-cyr, Жељко Петровић; born 13 November 1965) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player. As a player, he represented the FR Yugoslavia national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Club career Budućnost
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(born 1965), Montenegrin footballer and current coach
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Zoran Petrović (referee)
Zoran Petrović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Петровић; born 10 April 1952) is a retired Serbian football referee.
Career
FIFA World Cup
At the FIFA World Cup, Petrović refereed a total of four matches and served a linesman in two ...
Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium
The IX Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" ( sr, Девета гимназија "Михајло Петровић-Алас", Deveta gimnazija "Mihailo Petrović-Alas") is a gymnasium located in New Belgrade, Serbia, established in 1961, and named ...
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...