Petrović
Petrović (or Petrovich) is a Slavic last and second name, found in countries with Slavic populations. Examples of such countries are: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia and Russia. This surname or last name is not tied to any nationality. It is normal Slavic surname deriving from Petar, which is equivalent to Peter in English. The part ov designates possession: Petrov means Peter's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. So, the last name can be translated as Peter's son, equivalent to the English last name of Peterson.
Petrović is the second most frequent surname in Serbia,[1] and is also the 11th most common in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers (2011 census).[2]
Notable people
- Aleksandar Petrović (footballer born 1914) (1914–87), former Serbian football player and manager
- Aleksandar Petrović (film director) (1929–94), Serbian film director
- Aleksandar Petrović (basketball) (born 1959), Croatian basketball coach and former player
- Aleksandar Petrović (footballer born 1983) (born 1983), Serbian professional football right-back currently playing for FK Čukarički Stankom in the Serbian SuperLiga
- Aleksandar Petrović (footballer born 1985) (born 1985), Serbian footballer currently playing for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Rad Belgrade
- Aleksandar R. Petrović (born 1985), Serbian footballer who recently played for Hajduk Kula
- Aleksandro Petrović (born 1988), Bosnian/German footballer
- Alex Petrovic (born 1992), Canadian ice-hockey player
- Biljana Petrović (born 1961), Serbian high jumper
- Branimir Petrović (born 1982), Serbian footballer
- Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš (1826–60), Serbian Prince
- Draško Petrović (born 1965), current CEO of Telekom Srbija
- Dražen Petrović (1964–93), Croatian basketball player
- Dusan Petrovic (born 1966), Serbian politician
- Goran Petrović (born 1961), Serbian writer
- Karađorđe Petrović (1768–1817), leader of the first Serbian uprising
- Ljupko Petrović (born 1947), Serbian football coach
- Madeleine Petrovic (born 1956), Austrian politician
- Mihailo "Alas" Petrović (1868–1943), Serbian mathematician and inventor
- Milovan Petrović (born 1990), Macedonian footballer
- Miodrag "Čkalja" Petrović (1924–2003), Serbian actor
- Mirko Petrović (politician) (born 1965), Serbian politician and current CEO of Dunav osiguranje
- Nataša Petrović (born 1988), Macedonian actress of Serbian descent
- Nenad Petrović (chess problemist) (1907–89), Croatian chess problemist
- Nenad Petrović (1925) (born 1925), Serbian writer
- Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (1841–1921), Prince of Montenegro
- Ognjen "Olja" Petrović (1948–2000), Serbian goalkeeper (football)
- Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (1747–1830), Prince-Bishop
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–51), Prince-Bishop
- Radič Petrović (1738–1816), Serbian Revolutionary
- Roman Petrović (1896-1947), Bosnian expressionist painter
- Saša Petrović (actor) (born 1962), Bosnian actor
- Saša Petrović (footballer) (born 1966), former Montenegrin football goalkeeper
- Sava II Petrović-Njegoš (1702–82), Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
- Stanojlo Petrović(1813-1894) Serbian high-ranking officer and public benefactor
- Hajduk Veljko Petrović (1780–1813), Serbian duke, one of the first Serbian uprising's leading figures
- Veljko Petrović (c. 1780–1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko, one of the vojvodas of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
- Veljko Petrović (poet) (1884–1967), Serbian poet
- Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović (born 1955), Serbian footballer and coach
- Vladimir Petrović (footballer, born 1972) (born 1972), Croatian footballer
- Željko Petrović (born 1965), Montenegrin footballer and current coach
- Zoran Petrović (referee) (born 1952), Serbian football referee
- Zoran Petrović (writer) (born 1954), Serbian writer
See also
- House of Petrović-Njegoš
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrovic-Alas", high school in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Petrov (surname)
References
- ↑ Најчешћа имена и презимена (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2011.
- ↑ "Names and surnames in Republic of Croatia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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