Protopopov
surname · Latin script
Meaning: protopop arch-priest (Late Gk protopappas, from protos first + pappas priest; cf
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pɹəwtəpɑpəv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Protopopov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country.
- RURussia≈1 in 27Kas Протопопов(inferred from the name graph)
- UAUkraine≈1 in 76Kas Протопопов
- KZKazakhstan≈1 in 102Kas Протопопов
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Protopopov itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 139 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 203K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,300 named Протопопов, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Uzbekistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Протопопов in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
protopop arch-priest (Late Gk protopappas, from protos first + pappas priest; cf. Pope and Popov). ick 2). Prothero, Protherough, Prytherch, Prytherick; Plutheroe. Vars.:
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Protopopov 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Протопопов | 139 |
| UA Ukraine | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Протопопов | 24 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 102K | 311 | Протопопов | 27 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 203K | — | Протопопов | 3 |
| BY Belarus | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Протопопов | 9 |
| PL Poland | 30 | 1 in 1.3M | 30 | Protopopov | 3 |
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: 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Russians, by region of residence; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)
- Mikhail Protopopovb. 1848RURussian writer and literary critic (1848-1915)
- Alexander Protopopovb. 1866RURussian noble (1866-1918)
- Viktor Protopopovb. 1866RURussian journalist
- Victor Protopopovb. 1880UASoviet psychiatrist (1880–1957)
- Sergei Protopopovb. 1893RURussian avant-garde composer and music theorist
- Dmitri Protopopovb. 1897RUSoviet politician (1897–1986)
- Vladimir Protopopovb. 1908RURussian musicologist and music educator (1908-2004)
- Oleg Protopopovb. 1932RUSoviet figure skater (1932–2023)
- Evgeny Protopopovb. 1957RURussian metallurgist
- Veronika Belotserkovskayab. 1970RUnot in their usual nameRussian writer and editor
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 9 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 30 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 30 | #70,160 |
Reference works 1
- 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
- Where does the name Protopopov come from?
- protopop arch-priest (Late Gk protopappas, from protos first + pappas priest; cf. Pope and Popov). ick 2). Prothero, Protherough, Prytherch, Prytherick; Plutheroe. Vars.: Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Protopopov?
- A machine transcription gives /pɹəwtəpɑpəv/ (IPA) for Russian.
- What does the name Protopopov mean?
- Recorded meaning: protopop arch-priest (Late Gk protopappas, from protos first + pappas priest; cf.
- In which country does Protopopov have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.3 thousand people named Протопопов in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Protopopov?
- In Poland, the national register counted 30 people named Protopopov in 2026, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/protopopovThe 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, “Protopopov”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.