Popovich

Name: Popovich: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

surname · English · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Popovich is a surname, most frequently recorded in Ukraine, where it is the 54th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A surname of Slavic origin.

rarermore common

RSSerbia1 in 187◐
HRCroatia1 in 653
UAUkraine1 in 1.3K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈16K ●
: 3 ●
Sources: 269 ●
: 1 in 653 ◐

Spellings & scripts●

ПоповичCyrillic · Ukrainian●179K records

PopovychLatin · Ukrainian●45K records

ΠόποβιτςGreek · Greek●2 records

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Popovic in AU Australia, DE Germany, CH Switzerland and 7 more, Попович in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and 3 more, Popović in HR Croatia, RS Serbia, ME Montenegro and 2 more and Popovych in ES Spain, AR Argentina.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

A surname of Slavic origin.

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Popovich is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
UA Ukraine	#54	241,314	240K rec.	—	—	Попович	55
RU Russia	—	67,270	24K rec.	—	—	Попович	135
RS Serbia	#9	16,291	9K rec.	—	listed	Popović	97
HR Croatia	#23	6,478	22K rec.	1 in 653	6.5K	Popović	73
KZ Kazakhstan	—	4,567	1.1K rec.	—	402	Попович	30
US United States	—	3,957	42K rec.	1 in 84K	4.1K	Popovich	269
AU Australia	—	3,027	2.7K rec.	—	—	Popovic	89
DE Germany	—	2,359	2.1K rec.	—	—	Popovic	95
GB United Kingdom	—	2,161	1.8K rec.	—	—	Popovich	57
CA Canada	—	1,800	1.6K rec.	—	—	Popovich	59
SI Slovenia	#83	1,331△	122 rec.	1 in 1.6K	1.3K	Popovic	26
KG Kyrgyzstan	—	1,302	101 rec.	—	—	Popovic	8
PL Poland	—	1,279△	41 rec.	1 in 30K	1.3K	Popovic	3
TR Türkiye	—	1,263	128 rec.	—	—	Попович	8
CH Switzerland	—	871△	220 rec.	1 in 9.6K	871	Popovic	29
AT Austria	#697	772	466 rec.	—	—	Popovic	53
UM U.S. Outlying Islands	#1	742	3.6K rec.	—	—	Popovich	1
ME Montenegro	#1	702	439 rec.	—	#1	Popović	36
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina	#36	580	120 rec.	—	—	Popović	29
IT Italy	—	557	588 rec.	—	—	Popovich	26
SE Sweden	—	525△	251 rec.	1 in 19K	525	Popovic	26
CZ Czechia	—	414△	29 rec.	1 in 26K	415	Попович	2
XK Kosovo	#91	365	123 rec.	—	—	Popović	3
AR Argentina	—	291△	13 rec.	1 in 156K	291	Popovych	5
NO Norway	—	278△	72 rec.	1 in 20K	278	—	17
ES Spain	—	216	223 rec.	1 in 232K	216	Popovych	21
UZ Uzbekistan	—	181	2 rec.	—	—	Попович	3
BE Belgium	—	104	186 rec.	1 in 113K	104	Popovic	18
NL Netherlands	—	21	195 rec.	1 in 823K	21	Popovic	29
SK Slovakia	—	—	1 rec.	—	851	—	1
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	14	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

English34K74%
Spanish4.4K10%
Russian1.3K3%
1.2K3%
German4521%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
English	34,391	74%
Spanish	4,414	10%
Russian	1,330	3%
	1,167	3%
German	452	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Popovich is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Czech surname173 records spelled Popovich7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States, Serbia
Languages: Czech, Slovak
Also written Popovic, Popovič, Popović

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●

Evgenije Popovićb. 1842MEnot in their usual nameMontenegrin politician and journalist
Milt Popovichb. 1915USAmerican football player (1915-2005)
John Popovichb. 1918USAmerican football player and coach (1918-2004)
Peter S. Popovichb. 1920USAmerican politician (1920-1996)
Marina Popovichb. 1931RUSoviet pilot, writer and ufologist (1931-2017)
Orest Popovychb. 1933UAnot in their usual nameAmerican chess player
Paul Popovichb. 1940USAmerican baseball player
Gregg Popovichb. 1949USAmerican basketball coach
Kevyn Popovichb. 1985USAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
Anton Popovitchb. 1996FInot in their usual nameFinnish footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Popovich
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	4.1K	#7,563
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	4K	#8,368
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	3.5K	#8,912
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)	—	291	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	26	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	26	#77,043
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	25	#72,037
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	25	#71,513
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)	—	14	#7,886
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	13	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	13	#117,369
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)	—	13	#8,712
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	11	#56,728
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	2	#138,227
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	1	#210,329
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	1	#25,996
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 2

Wikipedia surname tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Popovich?: We estimate roughly 16 thousand people bear Popovich (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
In which country does Popovich have the most bearers?: Popovich is most frequently recorded in Ukraine, where it is most often spelled попович.
How common is Popovich compared with other names?: In Ukraine, Popovich is the 54th most common surname of 1,166,671 surnames recorded there.
What does the name Popovich mean?: Recorded meaning: A surname of Slavic origin.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Popovich” — the 54th most common surname in Ukraine. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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