Surname Popovič in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Popovič families are Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Popovič live in Croatia today, in three households only.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities, mostly in Split (<5), Rijeka (<5), Karlovac (<5), Solin (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Popovič (including: Popovich , Popovici , Popovic , Popowicz , Popowich , Poppovic , Popovicz , Poppovich , Popovitsch and Popowitsch ) is present in 98 countries worldwide. The family name "Popovic " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 500 people in Canada. "Popovich " is used by some 20000 people in Ukraine , about 8000 in Russian Federation , and some 5000 people in the United States. "Poppovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleš Popovič, Dalibor Popovič, Ranka Popovič, Janko Popovič, Slobodan Popovič, Cecilija Popovič, Matea Popovič, Dejan Popovič, Barbara Popovič, Sara Popovič, Jan Popovič, Vibor Popovič, Danica Popovič, Iztok Popovič, Marija Popovič, Marko Popovič, Veronika Popovič, Željko Popovič

Mentions in sources

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

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