Surname · also Bulgarian

Popoff

Popoff is a surname from Bulgarian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Popoff comes from Bulgarian, and ultimately from Russian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Popoff as a surname developed from Попов.

Popoff’s family of names

In English usage, Popoff as a surname developed from the Bulgarian form Попов. In Greek usage, Popoff as a surname is a transliteration of Ποπόφφ.

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PopoffΠοπόφφПопов

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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Russian

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Sibling ideas

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