Surname Popov in modern Croatia

Popov families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vodice , also Serbs, very rarely Macedonians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Vodice.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Popov live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Tribunj (50), Rijeka (20), Split (20), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Popov (including: Popow , Poppov , Popovv , Poopov and Ppopov ) is present in 90 countries worldwide. "Popow " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Poland , and some 200 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Robert Popov, Tamara Popov, Boris Popov, Damir Popov, Frane Popov, Doris Popov, Darko Popov, Branko Popov, Eduard Popov, Olivera Popov, Miloš Popov, Žarko Popov, Danijel Popov, Željko Popov, Nada Popov, Senka Popov, Laura Popov, Elida Popov, Ive Popov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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