# Popovic (surname)

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

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Serbo-Croatian |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,274 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,750 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 242,343 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (1,094 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Popović, a patronymic from pop (“priest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Popovic 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) | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Popovic in Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Austria and Hungary.

## People named Popovic

- Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player and manager
- Davorin Popović, Bosnia and Herzegovina singer (1946-2001)
- Cvjetko Popović, Bosnian criminal
- Andrey Popoviç, Azerbaijani association football player
- Alexander Popovic, Association footballer (1891-1952)
- Vladimir Beba Popović
- Vasyl Popovych, Austrian clergyman (1796–1864)

## Similar surnames

Popovich.

## 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.