Popovici
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/popovitʃʲ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Popovici is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country, where it is the 92nd most common surname.
- RORomania≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- MDMoldova≈1 in 2.3K
- ITItaly≈1 in 52K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 138 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Popovici counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- V. A. Urechiab. 1834ROnot in their usual nameRomanian politician and academic (1834-1901)
- Euseviu Popovicib. 1838UARomanian author
- Dimitrie Popovici-Bayreuthb. 1859RORomanian singer (1860-1927)
- Gheorghe Popovicib. 1859RORomanian painter (1859-1933)
- Gheorghe Popovicib. 1863UARomanian jurist and politician
- Ileana Popovicib. 1946RORomanian actor
- Fred Popovicib. 1948RORomanian musician
- Constantin Popovicib. 1988ROOlympic diver
- Alex Popovicib. 1988RORomanian footballer
- David Popovicib. 2004RORomanian swimmer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 675 | #6,266 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 675 | #6,259 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 66 | #21,570 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 2 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Popovici mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Popovici?
- A machine transcription gives /popovitʃʲ/ (IPA) for Romanian.
- In which country does Popovici have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Popovici in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled popovici.
- How common is the name Popovici?
- In Spain, the national register counted 675 people named Popovici, about 1 in 74 thousand residents.
- How common is Popovici compared with other names?
- In Romania, Popovici is the 92nd most common surname of 78,699 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/popoviciThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Popovici” — the 92nd most common surname in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.