How common is the surname Popovic?

1,274 people in the United States had the surname Popovic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Popovic?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Popovic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Popovic?

Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player and manager, followed by Davorin Popović.

Where is the surname Popovic most common?

Wikidata records people named Popovic in Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Azerbaijan and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Popovic getting more or less common?

More common. 1,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Popovic

A Serbo-Croatian patronymic surname, carried by 1,274 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P112

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Popovic is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

Serbo-Croatian origin

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

Popovic is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,274 people named Popovic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,094.

#20,750

rank among US surnames

1,274

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+16.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,065)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,750	Sanroman	1,274	242,343
#20,758	Pintado	1,273	242,534

Who is named Popovic

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Popovic identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Popovics

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Popovic
Australian soccer player and manager, born 1973
Davorin Popović
Bosnia and Herzegovina singer (1946-2001)
Cvjetko Popović
Bosnian criminal, 1896–1980
Andrey Popoviç
Azerbaijani association football player, born 1992
Alexander Popovic
Association footballer (1891-1952)
Vladimir Beba Popović
born 1958
Vasyl Popovych
Austrian clergyman (1796–1864)

Notable Popovics come mostly from Australia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) and Azerbaijan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Popovic

Popovich

Popovic has the Soundex code P112, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P112.

Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Popovic come from?: From Serbo-Croatian Popović, a patronymic from pop (“priest”).
How common is the surname Popovic?: 1,274 people in the United States had the surname Popovic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Popovic?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Popovic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Popovic?: Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player and manager, followed by Davorin Popović.
Where is the surname Popovic most common?: Wikidata records people named Popovic in Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Azerbaijan and 2 other countries.
What type of surname is Popovic?: Popovic is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Popovic getting more or less common?: More common. 1,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 17%.