Popević Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Popević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia271:264,62814,268
North Macedonia61:350,24517,994

The alternate forms: Popevic (2) are calculated separately.

Popević Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Popević Come From? nationality or country of origin

Popević is held by more people in Serbia than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Popevic. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popević? popularity and diffusion

The last name Popević is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Popević occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Popević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Serbia, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 264,628. In Serbia Popević is most common in: Belgrade, where 100 percent live. Aside from Serbia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popevic952/
Popović8676,084/
Popevich8015/
Poppović801/
Popovuić801/
Papović71755/
Popoviz716/
Popevec713/
Pepović712/
Popovits67538/
Popovicz67354/
Popovitz67112/
Popovitš6742/
Popivich674/
Popoviez673/
Popovitcz632/
Poppewitz631/
Poppovits631/
Popovitsch5922/
Popovyč5715/
Popovets53112/
Popowits5310/
Popowiez538/
Popovecz538/
Popyvets537/
Popyvych533/
Papivich531/
Papovits530/
Popowitcz501/
Poppowitz500/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Popević
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