Popović or Popovich or Popovitch (Russian: Попович, Serbian Cyrillic: Поповић) is a common Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning son of a priest.
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 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).
Notable people with the surname include:
Aleksandar Popović (disambiguation), multiple peopleAleksandr Sergeyevich Popovich, Russian footballer.Ana Popović, Serbian blues musicianAndrija Popović, former Montenegrin waterpolo player, Member of Montenegrin ParliamentAlyosha Popovich, a bogatyr (i.e., a medieval Russian knight-errant)Barbara Popović, Macedonian singerBojan Popović, Serbian basketball playerBojana Popović, Montenegrin handball playerBoris Popovich, a Russian international footballer.Cvjetko Popović, member of Mlada BosnaDanijel Popović, Croatian singer of Montenegrin ancestryDavorin Popović, singer, longtime frontman of IndexiDerek Popovich, a midfielder currently playing for American USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads.Dimitrije Popović, Croatian painter of Montenegrin ancestryDušan Popović, several peopleEvgenije Popović, Montenegrin politician, writer and diplomatGregg Popovich, American basketball coach, of Serbian father and Croatian motherHristina Popović (born 1982), Serbian actressJoško Popović, Croatian national football team playerJovan Sterija Popović, Serbian playwrightJustin Popović, Christian Orthodox theologianKoča Popović, Serbian communist politicianKrsto Zrnov Popović, Montenegrin captainLazar Popović, Serbian football playerLjuba Popović, Serbian surrealist painterMarc Popovich, American anesthesiologist, surgical intensivist and Director of Critical Care for Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital and Emory Johns Creek HospitalMarina Popovich, a Soviet test pilot, Pavel Popovich's wife.Marko Popović (born 1982), Croatian basketball playerMark Popovic, Canadian hockey player of Serbian descentMarko Popović (disambiguation),Marko Miljanov Popović, Montenegrin writerMića Popović, Serbian painterMilan "Danijel" Popović, Montenegrin singerMilan Popović (disambiguation), several peopleMilentije Popović, Serbian communist politicianMilivoje Popović-Mavid, Serbian actor, Mira Stupica's first husbandMilt Popovich, a former professional American football player for the National Football League.Miodrag Popović-Deba, Serbian actorNebojša Popović, Serbian basketball player, coach and administratorOliver Popović, Serbian basketball player and coachPaul Popovich, a former Major League baseball second baseman|infielder for the Chicago Cubs, LA Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates.Pavel Popovich, a Soviet cosmonaut.Petar Popović (Croatian basketballer), playerPetar Popović (Serbian basketballer)Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey defenceman of Croatian ancestryPeter S. Popovich, American lawyer, politician, and judgeRadojica Popović, director and screenwriterRichard Popovic, American folk musicianSasha Montenegro, Montenegrin-Mexican actress (born Alexandra Asimović Popović)Sara Popović, Belgrade based art and portrait photographer also known as Maiko SakuraSanja Popović, Croatian national volleyball team playerSanya Popovic, American academic of Serbian descentSrđa Popović (activist), Serbian activist of Otpor!.Srđa Popović (lawyer), Yugoslav and Serbian civil rights lawyer and activist.Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player of Serbo-Croatian descentVasa Popović, screenwriterVladimir Popović (disambiguation), multiple peopleYaroslav Popovych, a Ukrainian professional cyclist.Călin Popovici, a Romanian astronomer.Constantin Popovici, a Romanian platform diver.Tiberiu Popoviciu, a Romanian mathematicianV. A. Urechia, a Moldavian, later Romanian historianMihai Popovici, an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politicianIoan Popovici-Bănățeanul, an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer and poetMihai Popovici, a Moldavian cardiologistConstantin Popovici, A Moldavian man of lettersNicolae Popovici, a Moldavian physicist