# Popov (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/popov/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Попов (Popov).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,728 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,593 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 178,672 people |
| Change since 2000 | +52% (1,137 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Russian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian Попов (Popov), a patronymic which in all three languages comes ultimately from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ, “priest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Popov in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Popov in Russia, Ukraine, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.

## People named Popov

- Denys Popov, association football player (1999-)
- Gabriel Popov, 1st Mayor of Moscow
- Alexander Popov, biathlete
- Yevgeni Sergeyevich Popov, bobsledder
- Julian Popov, British and Bulgarian writer and Bulgarian politician

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.