# Popović

Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Поповић; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation:) or Popovytch (Ukrainian: Попо́вич) or Popovich or Popovitch (Russian: 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
* Minja Popović, Serbian footballer
* Cvjetko Popović, member of Mlada Bosna
* Daniel (Montenegrin singer), Croatian singer Danijel Popović
* Davorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of Indexi
* Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter
* Dragana Popović, Yugoslav-American physicist
* 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