Popov
Popow (also: Popov , Cyrillic Попов ) is a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is common in Russian-speaking countries. The name is a professional name and derived from the orthodox priestly rank Pope . The name is fourth in the list of Russian surnames by frequency .
variants
The English transcription is Popov. The feminine form is Popowa (English Popova , Cyrillic Попова ).
Name bearer
A.
- Albert Popow (* 1997), Bulgarian ski racer
- Alek Popow (* 1966), Bulgarian writer
- Alexander Popow (DJ) (* 1986), Russian DJ
- Alexander Alexandrovich Popov (* 1980), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexander Borissowitsch Popow (* 1959), Soviet weightlifter
- Alexander Michailowitsch Popow († 1942), Soviet ichthyologist
- Alexander Nikolajewitsch Popow (1820–1877), Russian historian
- Alexander Stepanowitsch Popow (1859–1906), Russian physicist
- Alexander Wassiljewitsch Popow (1808–1865), Russian orientalist, Mongolist and university professor
- Alexander Wladimirowitsch Popow (swimmer) (* 1971), Russian swimmer
- Alexander Wladimirowitsch Popow (figure skater) (* 1984), Russian figure skater
- Alexei Popov (* 1978), Russian football player
- Andrei Popov (singer) , Russian singer (tenor)
- Andrei Alexandrowitsch Popow (1821–1898), Russian admiral
- Andrei Alexejewitsch Popow (1918–1983), Russian actor
- Andrei Anatoljewitsch Popow (* 1973), Russian politician (United Russia), Mayor of Magadan
- Andrei Wladislawowitsch Popow (* 1988), Russian ice hockey player
- Andrei V. Popow (1939–2009), Russian biologist
- Anton Popow (1915–1942), Bulgarian resistance fighter
- Antonina Nikolajewna Popowa (* 1935), Soviet-Russian discus thrower
- Apostol Popow (* 1982), Bulgarian football player
- Atanas Trifonow Popow (1906–1972), Bulgarian biologist
B.
- Blagoi Popow (1902–1968), Bulgarian party official (BKP) and diplomat
C.
- Christo Popov (* 2002), French badminton player
- Christo Popow (1858–1951), Bulgarian officer and politician
D.
- Darja Popowa (* 1993), French figure skater
- Denis Alexandrowitsch Popow (* 1979), Russian football player
- Dimitar Popov (1927-2015), Bulgarian politician
- Dmitri Lwowitsch Popow (* 1967), Russian football player
- Dmitri Minajewitsch Sinodi-Popow (1855–1910), Russian painter
- Dmitri Wladimirowitsch Popow (* 1966), Russian ice hockey player
- Dmitri Petrovich Popow (* 1994), Russian bobsleigh driver
- Dušan Popov (1912–1981), Serbian spy
E.
- Egor Popov (1913–2001), American civil engineer
F.
- Fani Popowa-Mutafowa (1902–1977), Bulgarian writer
- Faton Popova (* 1984), German-Albanian soccer player
- Fedot Alexejewitsch Popow († 1648), Russian navigator
G
- Galina Michailowna Popowa (* 1932), Russian sprinter and long jumper
- Gavriil Kharitonovich Popow (* 1936), Russian economic expert and politician
- Gavriil Nikolajewitsch Popow (1904–1972), Russian composer
- Georgi Popov (actor) (1924–1995), Bulgarian actor
- Georgi Alexandrow Popow (* 1934), Bulgarian correspondence chess player
- Georgi Konstantinowitsch Popow (1899-?), Russian journalist
- Georgi Michailowitsch Popow (1906–1968), Soviet politician
- Georgi Wladimirowitsch Popow (1912–1974), Soviet weightlifter
- German Popov (* 1966), Ukrainian musician
- Goran Popov (* 1984), Macedonian football player
H
- Heinrich Popow (* 1983), German athlete
I.
- Irina Popow (* 1967), German television director
- Ivan Popov (General) (1857-1925), Bulgarian general
- Ivan Popov (politician) (1890–1944), Bulgarian politician
- Ivan Popov (writer)
- Ivan Evsejewitsch Popow , secular name of Innokenti Weniaminow (1797–1879), Russian clergyman
- Ivan Vasilievich Popow (1889–1974), Russian geologist and university professor
- Ivan Wladimirowitsch Popow (* 1990), Russian chess player
- Ivelin Popov (* 1987), Bulgarian football player
J
- Yelisaveta Alexejewna Popowa , Russian diplomat
- Yevgeny Popov (weightlifter) , Bulgarian weightlifter
- Yevgeny Popov (wrestler) , Russian wrestler
- Yevgeny Alexandrowitsch Popow (* 1984), Russian cyclist
- Evgeni Anatoljewitsch Popow (* 1946), Russian writer
- Yevgeny Mikhailovich Popov , Soviet architect
- Evgeni Sergejewitsch Popow (* 1976), Russian bobsledder
- Jordan Popow (1941–2015), Bulgarian writer
- Jurdan Popow (1867–1932), Bulgarian architect
- Yuri Alexandrowitsch Popow (1936–2016), Russian entomologist and paleontologist
K
- Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (* 1948), Polish pianist and music teacher
- Konstantin Popov (* 1958), Russian-German concert guitarist
- Konstantin Sergejewitsch Popow (* 1972), Russian biathlete
L.
- Larisa Popova (* 1957), Soviet-Moldovan rower
- Leonid Ivanovich Popow (* 1945), Soviet cosmonaut
- Lyubow Sergejewna Popowa (1889–1924), Russian painter
M.
- Marcus Popov (* 1999), German karateka
- Margarita Popowa (* 1956), Bulgarian politician
- Maria Popova (* 1984), American author
- Mariana Popowa (* 1978), Bulgarian singer
- Markian Michailowitsch Popow (1902–1969), Soviet general
- Mikhail Popov (1899–1978), Bulgarian singer
- Mikhail Grigoryevich Popow (1893–1955), Russian botanist
- Mihail Popov (* 1976), French badminton player of Bulgarian origin
N
- Nadezhda Popova († 2013), Soviet pilot
- Natalja Popowa (* 1993), Ukrainian figure skater
- Nikifor Gerassimowitsch Popow (1911–1983), Soviet long-distance runner
- Niko Popow (1837–1905), Bulgarian politician
- Nikola Popov (* 1983), Bulgarian football referee
- Nebojša Popov (1939–2016), Yugoslav-Serbian sociologist
O
- Oleg Konstantinowitsch Popow (1930–2016), Russian clown
- Oleksandr Popov (* 1960), Ukrainian politician
P
- Pawel Popow (1902–1988), Bulgarian biologist
- Pawel Stepanowitsch Popow (1842–1913), Russian sinologist
- Pyotr Alexandrowitsch Popow (* 1985), Russian natural track tobogganist
R.
- Radka Popowa (* 1974), Bulgarian biathlete
- Robert Popov (* 1982), Macedonian football player
S.
- Sergei Konstantinowitsch Popow (1930–1995), Russian marathon runner
- Sergei Nikolajewitsch Popow (* 1929), Russian hurdler
- Sergei Wiktorowitsch Popow (* 1971), Russian banker
- Serhiy Popov (* 1991), Ukrainian beach volleyball player
- Sofka Popowa (* 1953), Bulgarian sprinter
- Sophia Popov (* 1992), German-American professional golfer
- Stefani Popowa (* 1993), Bulgarian biathlete
- Strachil Popow (* 1990), Bulgarian football player
- Svetlana Vladimirovna Popowa (* 1988), Russian beach volleyball player
T
- Toma Junior Popov (* 1998), French badminton player
V
- Valentina Popovová ( Valentina Ivanovna Popowa ; * 1960), Slovak table tennis player of Russian origin
- Vasile Mihai Popov (* 1928), Romanian engineer and mathematician
- Vidina Popov (* 1992), Austrian actress
- Vladimir Popov (* 1977), Moldovan weightlifter
- Vladimir Veniaminovich (Beniaminovich) Popov (1902–1960), see Wladimir ... (under W)
W.
- Valentin Popow (* 1959), Russian physicist
- Valentina Popowa (athlete) (born 1945), Soviet javelin thrower
- Valentina Ivanovna Popova (* 1960), Slovak table tennis player of Russian origin, see Valentina Popovová
- Valentina Vadimowna Popowa (* 1972), Russian weightlifter
- Valery Sergejewitsch Popow (musician) (* 1937), Russian bassoonist and university teacher
- Valeri Sergejewitsch Popow (chess player) (* 1974), Russian chess player
- Varvara Alexandrovna Popova (1899–1988), Soviet theater actress and film actress
- Wassili Stepanowitsch Popow (1894–1967), Soviet general
- Vera Evstafjewna Popowa (1867–1896), Russian chemist and university professor
- Viktor Nikolajewitsch Popow (1937–1994), Russian physicist
- Viktor Sergejewitsch Popow (1934–2008), Russian conductor and choir director
- Vladimir Popov (cameraman) , Soviet cameraman
- Wladimir Albertowitsch Popow (* 1962), Soviet wrestler
- Vladimir Fyodorovich Popov (* 1953), Russian ice hockey player
- Vladimir Ivanovich Popov (1930–1987), Soviet director
- Vladimir Weniaminowitsch Popow (1902–1960), Soviet entomologist