Surname Popović in modern Croatia

Popović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. According to some sources they are from the Island of Hvar, often Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins (Cetinj, Montenegro). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Kopito in Podrinje (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Popović.

Prevalence

About 6200 people with faimily name Popović live in Croatia today, in 2900 households. There were 7600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 109 cities and 542 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1185), Split (310), Rijeka (270), Osijek (185), and in Opuzen (170).

Outside Croatia

At least 126 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (44), the United States (23), Australia (19), France (9), Canada (8), Sweden (6), the Netherlands (5), the United Kingdom (5), Switzerland (3), Norway (2), Austria (1), and to South Africa (1).
Family name Popović (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

Dragan Popović, Željko Popović, Krunoslav Popović, Edvard Popović, Gordana Popović, Maja Popović, Stanko Popović, Katarina Popović, Danijel Popović, Vesna Popović, Ljiljana Popović, Drago Popović, Nikola Popović, Damir Popović, Tonita Popović, Iva Popović, Matija Popović, Boris Popović, Milivoj Popović

Mentions in sources

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

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