Popov

Popov (; masculine), or Popova (; feminine), is a common Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian patronymic surname. Derived from a Slavonic word pop (, "priest"). Notable people with the surname include:

Popov

• Alek Popov (born 1966), Bulgarian writer
• Alexander Popov (disambiguation)
• Aleksei Popov (disambiguation)
• Anatoly Popov (born 1960), Russian politician, Prime Minister of Chechnya
• Andrei Popov (disambiguation)
• Angel Popov (born 1979), Bulgarian-born Qatari weightlifter
• Apostol Popov (born 1982), Bulgarian football player
• Blagoy Popov (1902–1968)
• Boris Popov (born 1941), Russian water polo player
• Christo Popov (born 2002), Bulgarian-born French badminton player
• Denis Popov (born 1979), Russian football player and manager
• Denis Popov, (born 2002) Russian football player
• Denys Popov (born 1999), Ukrainian football player
• Dilyana Popova (born 1981), Bulgarian actress and model
• Dimitar Popov (born 1970), Bulgarian footballer
• Dimitar Ivanov Popov (1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist
• Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927–2015), Bulgarian judge and Prime Minister
• Dmitri Popov (disambiguation)
• DuÅ¡ko Popov (1912–1981), Serbian double-agent, known as Tricycle
• Egor Popov (1913–2001), Russian-American structural and seismic engineer
• Fedot Popov (died between 1648 and 1654), Russian explorer
• Gavriil Popov (composer) (1904–1972), Russian composer
• Gavriil Popov (politician) (born 1936), Russian politician
• George Basil Popov (1922–1998) a Russian-British entomologist born in Iran
• Georgi Dimitrov Popov (1944–2024), Bulgarian football player
• Georgi Vladimirovich Popov (1912–1974), Soviet weightlifter.
• Georgy Arturovich Popov (born 2001), Russian taekwondo athlete
• Goran Popov (born 1984), Macedonian footballer
• Haralan Popov (1907–1988), Bulgarian church minister
• Hristian Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian football player
• Ilya Popov (born 2000), Russian boxer
• Ilya Popov (born 1995), Russian basketball player
• Ivan Popov (born 1975), Russian general
• Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster
• Ivelin Popov (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer
• Katia Popov (1965–2018), Bulgarian-born American violinist
• Leonid Popov (born 1945), Soviet cosmonaut
• Luben Popov (born 1936), Bulgarian chess player
• Markian Popov (1902–1969), Soviet Army General
• Mikhail Popov (disambiguation)
• Nikolay Popov (disambiguation)
• Oleg Popov (1930–2016), Russian circus artist
• Pavel Popov (born 1957), Russian military officer
• Polina Popova (born 1995), Miss Russia 2017
• Pyotr Popov (born 1985), Russian luger
• Pyotr Semyonovich Popov (1923–1960), Soviet intelligence officer and double agent
• Robert Popov (born 1982), Macedonian footballer
• Sergei Popov (disambiguation)
• Serhiy Popov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer
• Stefan Popov (musician) (born 1940) a Bulgarian cellist
• Stole Popov (born 1950), Macedonian film director.
• Strahil Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer
• Toma Junior Popov (born 1998), Bulgarian-born French badminton player
• Valery Popov (disambiguation)
• Vasile M. Popov (born 1928), Romanian-born scientist and systems theorist
• Vasili Popov (disambiguation)
• Victor Popov (1937–1994), Russian theoretical physicist
• Vladimir Popov (disambiguation)
• Yevgeni Popov (disambiguation)
• Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (1936–2016), Russian paleoentomologist

Popova

• Alena Popova, Kazakhstani volleyballer
• Daria Popova, Russian pair skater
• Diana Popova, Bulgarian gymnast
• Dina Popova (1977–2025), Ukrainian financier and entrepreneur
• Faton Popova, German footballer
• Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Polish pianist and pedagogue of Bulgarian descent
• Ksenia Popova, Russian open water swimmer
• Larisa Popova, Moldovan rower
• Lyubov Popova (1889–1924), Russian avant-garde artist
• Margarita Popova, Bulgarian Minister of Justice
• Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer
• Nadezhda Popova, Soviet military pilot
• Natalia Popova, Ukrainian figure skater
• Natalia Popova (born 1976), Belarusian chess master
• Nina Popova (1908–1994), Soviet official
• Roza Popova (1879–1949), Bulgarian actress and theatre director
• Sofka Popova, Bulgarian runner
• Tamara Popova, Soviet sprint canoer
• Tatiana Popova (basketball), Russian basketball player
• Valentina Popova (born 1972), Russian weightlifter
• Vera Popova, Russian chemist
• Veronika Popova, Russian swimmer

Fictional characters

• Nadia Popov, character in the British children's program Rentaghost
• Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov, character in

Similar surnames

Surnames of similar derivation include Popović, Popovici, Popoff, Popkov, Poptsov (), Popovski, Popovsky, Raspopov, Raspopović.

See also