Popovic Surname

61,839th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Popovic Surname User-submission:

This is a Serbian, Montenegrin, Bosnian and Croatian surname, denoting a descendant of a priest, one who preached their own religion. It is derived from the word pop, meaning 'priest' and the common suffix -(o)vić, meaning 'son of'.

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Popovic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6411:220,87721,425
Austria9821:8,6721,125
Canada9201:40,0505,002
Germany9061:88,85811,198
Australia8851:30,5044,073
Sweden4221:23,3341,909
Israel3641:23,5103,465
Switzerland3591:22,8773,615
England3531:157,84214,874
Netherlands1301:129,90120,177
France911:729,92091,032
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Spain751:623,36028,648
Argentina671:637,96144,681
Belgium661:174,19223,583
Norway661:77,91310,889
Serbia631:113,4128,737
Italy621:986,39869,332
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
Slovakia511:104,63619,871
Thailand501:1,412,767195,138
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Russia401:3,603,076182,447
Greece391:284,09742,188
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Venezuela211:1,438,28919,453
Chile201:880,82418,509
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Moldova111:323,76125,884
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Romania81:2,509,73455,065
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Wales51:618,90625,852
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
China41:341,830,39216,990
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

The alternate forms: Popović (76,084), Popovič (1,532) & Popoviç (12) are calculated separately.

Popovic (42) may also be a first name.

Popovic Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Serbian, Montenegrin, Bosnian and Croatian surname, denoting a descendant of a priest, one who preached their own religion. It is derived from the word pop, meaning 'priest' and the common suffix -(o)vić, meaning 'son of'. The c in this surname is a ć, a soft (t)ch sound.

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The Popovic surname means 'son of a priest' (pop) in Ortodox church.

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Popovic Last Name Facts

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

The surname Popovic occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Popović, Popovič or Popoviç. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Popovic? popularity and diffusion

The last name Popovic is the 61,839th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 896,818 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Popovic reside; 32 percent reside in North America and 31 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Popovic is also the 1,566,439th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 42 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,641 people, or 1 in 220,877. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 21 percent live, Illinois, where 15 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Popovic is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Popovic Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Popovic surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Popovic earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 2.98% less than the national average, earning €29,134 per year; in Norway they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning 336,291 kr per year; in Peru they earn 38.45% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,838 per year; in South Africa they earn 33.21% more than the national average, earning R 316,548 per year; in United States they earn 11.17% more than the national average, earning $47,967 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.93% more than the national average, earning $55,608 CAD per year.

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