Popović

Popović (Serb 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:

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