Popović

Popović (Поповић; ) or Popovytch (Попо́вич) or Popovich or Popovitch (Попо́вич) is a common Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Romanian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian 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).

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).

People with the surname

 * Aleksandar Popović (disambiguation), 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, Montenegrin handball player
 * Boris Popovich, a Russian international footballer
 * Constantin Popovici, a Romanian platform diver
 * Cvjetko Popović, member of Mlada Bosna
 * Daniel (Montenegrin singer), Croatian singer Danijel Popović
 * Davorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of Indexi
 * Derek Popovich (born 1981), American soccer player
 * Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter
 * Dušan Popović (disambiguation), 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
 * 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
 * Danijel (singer), Montenegrin singer Milan Popović
 * Milan Popović (disambiguation), several people
 * Milentije Popović, Serbian communist politician
 * Milt Popovich, American former National Football League player
 * Mina Popović, Serbian national volleyball team player
 * Miodrag Popović, Serbian actor
 * Nebojša Popović, Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator
 * Oliver Popović, Serbian basketball player and coach
 * Paul Popovich, 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 (Serbian basketballer)
 * Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey defenceman
 * Peter S. Popovich, 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), Serbian activist of Otpor!
 * Srđa Popović (lawyer), 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
 * Zoran Popovich (1931–2018), Pennsylvania mayor and judge