How common is the surname Popovich?

3,957 people in the United States had the surname Popovich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,025 Americans. It ranked 8,368th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Popovich?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Popovich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Popovich?

Gregg Popovich, American basketball coach.

Where is the surname Popovich most common?

Wikidata records people named Popovich in the United States.

Is the surname Popovich getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,957 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Popovich

A surname, carried by 3,957 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). Popovich is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname of Slavic origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,957 people named Popovich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,025 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,055.

#8,368

rank among US surnames

3,957

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,563)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025
#8,369	Bressler	3,956	78,045
#8,372	Ardoin	3,955	78,065

Who is named Popovich

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

94% of people named Popovich identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Popovichs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregg Popovich
American basketball coach, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Popovich

Popovic

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

Questions

How common is the surname Popovich?: 3,957 people in the United States had the surname Popovich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,025 Americans. It ranked 8,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Popovich?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Popovich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Popovich?: Gregg Popovich, American basketball coach.
Where is the surname Popovich most common?: Wikidata records people named Popovich in the United States.
Is the surname Popovich getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,957 in 2010, down 2.4%.