Popovich Surname

24,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,598 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Popovich Surname Definition:

(Yugoslavian, Slovakian, Ukranian) The son of the priest.

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Popovich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia11,7861:12,2281,698
United States5,3291:68,0167,910
Kazakhstan1,0241:17,2682,523
Belarus9231:10,2941,550
Moldova5201:6,8491,096
Canada4831:76,2858,596
Argentina3411:125,34710,592
Uzbekistan2341:132,1766,834
Transnistria1731:2,744420
Australia1701:158,79816,605
Kyrgyzstan1191:50,1907,253
Serbia701:102,0718,143
Bulgaria631:110,7766,564
Turkmenistan461:119,3292,383
England391:1,428,66862,556
Peru291:1,096,00419,774
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Tajikistan221:381,2132,820
Azerbaijan201:482,4569,378
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Israel111:777,96750,646
Armenia111:266,3806,520
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Georgia91:416,17216,412
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
China31:455,773,85521,925
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Belize21:177,7373,502
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Popovich (23) may also be a first name.

Popovich Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Yugoslavian, Slovakian, Ukranian) The son of the priest.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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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Popovich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Popovich (Georgian: პოპოვიჩ, Russian: Попович) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Popovich? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 24,980th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 337,418 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Popovich reside; 47 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Popovich is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 11,786 people, or 1 in 12,228. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Moscow, where 10 percent live, Krasnodar Krai, where 7 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 6 percent live. Beside Russia this surname exists in 66 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live.

Popovich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Popovich has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Popovich surname expanded 66,613 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Popovich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus, Orthodox (80%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (72%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Popovich are 6.36% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 53.13% registered with the political party.

The amount Popovich earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 90.54% more than the national average, earning S/. 36,936 per year; in South Africa they earn 18.98% more than the national average, earning R 282,732 per year; in United States they earn 4.64% more than the national average, earning $45,152 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.64% more than the national average, earning $52,487 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Popovich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popovich in the Georgian language
პოპოვიჩpopovich-
Popovich in the Russian language
Поповичpopovic-

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