Popov

Popov (also: Popov, Cyrillic Попов ) is a family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name is widespread in the Russian -speaking world. The name is an occupational name derived from the Orthodox priest and rank Pope. The name stands fourth in the list of Russian surnames by frequency.

Variants

The English transcription is Popov. The feminine form is called Popova (English and Popova, kyril. Попова ).

  • Popoff

Bearers of the name

  • Alek Popov (born 1966 ), Bulgarian writer
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Popov ( born 1980 ), Russian hockey player
  • Alexander Borisovich Popov ( born 1959 ), Soviet weightlifter
  • Alexander Nikolayevich Popov (1820-1877), Russian historian
  • Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859-1906), Russian physicist
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Popov ( biathlete ) (* 1965), Russian- Belarusian biathlete
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Popov ( swimmer ) (born 1971 ), Russian swimmer
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Popov ( figure skater ) ( born 1984 ), Russian figure skaters
  • Alexei Popov (born 1978 ), Russian football player
  • Andrei Alexandrovich Popov (1821-1898), Russian Admiral
  • Andrei Popov Vladislavovich (* 1988), Russian hockey player
  • Anton Popov (1915-1942), Bulgarian resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Apostol Popov ( b. 1982 ), Bulgarian football player
  • Blagoi Popov (1902-1968), the Bulgarian Communist
  • Christo Popov (1858-1951), Bulgarian army officer and politician
  • Denis Alexandrovich Popov ( born 1979 ), Russian football player
  • Dimitar Popov (* 1927), Bulgarian politician
  • Dmitri Popov ( footballer ) ( born 1967), Russian football player
  • Dmitri Minajewitsch Sinodi - Popov (1855-1910), Russian painter
  • Dmitri Vladimirovich Popov (born 1966 ), Russian hockey player
  • Dušan Popov (1912-1981), Serbian spy ( Tricycle )
  • Egor Popov (1913-2001), American Civil
  • Fani Popova - Mutafowa (1902-1977), Bulgarian writer
  • Faton Popova (* 1984), German - Albanian football player
  • Fedot Alekseyevich Popov († 1648), Russian navigator and explorer
  • Gavriil Popov Kharitonovich (* 1936), Russian economic experts and politicians
  • Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov, (1904-1972), Russian composer
  • Georgi Popov (actor ) ( 1924-1995 ), Bulgarian actor
  • Georgi Mikhailovich Popov, (1906-1968), Soviet politician
  • Georgi Vladimirovich Popov (1912-1974), Soviet weightlifter
  • Heinrich Popov ( b. 1983 ), German track and field athlete
  • Ivan Popov (General ) ( 1857-1925 ), Bulgarian General
  • Ivan Popov ( politician ) ( 1890-1944 ), Bulgarian politician
  • Ivan Popov ( chess player ) (* 1990), Russian chess player
  • Ivan Popov Jewsejewitsch, secular name of Innokenty Weniaminow (1797-1879), Russian minister
  • Iwelin Popov (* 1987), Bulgarian football player
  • Yevgeny Popov ( weightlifting ), Bulgarian weightlifters
  • Yevgeny Popov ( wrestler), a Russian wrestler
  • Yevgeny Alexandrovich Popov ( born 1984 ), Russian cyclist
  • Yevgeny Popov Anatoljevich (* 1946), Russian writer
  • Yevgeny Sergeyevich Popov ( b. 1977 ), Russian bobsledder
  • Jurdan Popov (1867-1932), Bulgarian Architect
  • Konstantin Sergeyevich Popov (born 1972 ), Russian biathlete
  • Leonid Ivanovich Popov ( born 1945 ), Soviet cosmonaut
  • Lyubov Popova Sergejewna (1889-1924), Russian painter
  • Margarita Popova ( born 1956 ), Bulgarian politician
  • Mariana Popova (born 1978 ), Bulgarian singer
  • Marcian Mikhailovich Popov (1902-1969), Soviet army general
  • Mikhail Popov (born 1976 ), Bulgarian - French badminton player
  • Mihail Popov (born 1976 ), French badminton player of Bulgarian origin
  • Mikhail Grigoryevich Popov (1893-1955), Russian botanist
  • Niko Popov (1835-1905), Bulgarian politician
  • Nebojša Popov ( b. 1939 ), Yugoslav- Serbian sociologist
  • Oleg Konstantinovich Popov ( born 1930 ), Russian Clown
  • Pavel Stepanovich Popov (1842-1913), Russian sinologist
  • Pyotr Alexandrovich Popov ( born 1985 ), Russian natural track luge
  • Radka Popova ( born 1974 ), Bulgarian biathlete
  • Robert Popov ( b. 1982 ), Macedonian football player
  • Sergei Konstantinovich Popov (1930-1995), Russian marathon runner
  • Serhiy Popov (* 1991), Ukrainian volleyball player
  • Sofka Popova ( born 1953 ), Bulgarian sprinter
  • Stefani Popova (* 1993), Bulgarian biathlete
  • Svetlana Popova (* 1987), Russian beach volleyball player
  • Valentin Popov ( born 1959 ), Russian physicist
  • Valentina Popovová ( Valentina Popova; b. 1960 ), Slovak table tennis player of Russian origin
  • Valentina Popova ( athlete ) ( b. 1945 ), Soviet javelin thrower
  • Valentina Ivanovna Popova ( b. 1960 ), Slovak table tennis player of Russian origin, see Valentina Popovová
  • Valentina Popova Wadimowna (* 1972), Russian weightlifter
  • Valery Sergeevich Popov ( bassoon player ) ( born 1937 ), Russian Faggotist
  • Valery Sergeevich Popov ( chess player ) ( born 1974 ), Russian chess player
  • Viktor Nikolayevich Popov (1937-1994), a Russian theoretical physicist
  • Vladimir Popov ( cameraman), Soviet cameraman
  • Vladimir Albertovich Popov (born 1962 ), Soviet wrestler
  • Vladimir Fedorovich Popov ( born 1953 ), Russian hockey player
  • Vladimir Ivanovich Popov (1930-1987), Soviet film director
  • Family name
Alexander Popov (ice hockey) Alexander Popov (biathlete) Alexander Popov (swimmer) Denis Popov Dimitar Iliev Popov Dmitri Sinodi-Popov Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov Heinrich Popow Leonid Popov Markian Popov Oleg Popov Pyotr Popov Sergei Popov (athlete)
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