Surname · also Serbo-Croatian

Popovici

Popovici is a surname from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in Romanian.

Original RussianПопович

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Popovici comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Russian.

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How it developed

From Serbo-Croatian Popović, from Ukrainian Попович, from Russian Попович.

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Popovici’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Popovici as a surname was borrowed from the Serbo-Croatian form Popović. In Romanian usage, Popovici as a surname was borrowed from the Russian form Попович.

Walk Popovici’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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