Petrović
Appearance
Petrović (
Peterson. In Eastern Slavic naming customs
its counterpart is "Petrovich".
The surname Petrović is particularly tied to Serbian nationality; the majority of Petrovićs come from Serbia (83% of them)[Karađorđe Petrović.
Petrović is the second most frequent surname in Serbia,City of Zagreb.[3]
Notable people
- Aleksandar Petrović (footballer, born 1914) (1914–87), former Serbian football player and manager
- Aleksandar Petrović (film director) (1929–1994), Serbian film director
- Aleksandar Petrović (basketball, born February 1959), Croatian professional basketball coach and former player
- Aleksandar Petrović (basketball, born October 1959) (1959–2014), Serbian professional basketball coach
- Aleksandar Petrović (basketball, born 1972), Macedonian professional basketball coach
- Aleksandar Petrović (basketball, born 1987), Serbian professional basketball 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
- Danilo Petrović (tennis) (born 1992), Serbian tennis player
- Đorđe Petrović (born 1999), Serbian football goalkeeper currently playing for Chelsea
- Draško Petrović (born 1965), current CEO of Telekom Srbija
- Dražen Petrović (1964–93), Croatian basketball player
- Dušan Petrović (born 1966), Serbian politician
- Goran Petrović (born 1961), Serbian writer
- Jovana Petrović (boen 2001), Serbian women's football goalkeeper
- Karađorđe Petrović(1768–1817), leader of the first Serbian uprising
- Leo Petrović (1883–1945), Herzegovinian Croat historian
- Ljupko Petrović (born 1947), Serbian football coach
- Madeleine Petrovic (born 1956), Austrian politician
- Mihailo Petrović (disambiguation), several people
- 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
- Nadja Petrovic (born 1991), Macedonian painter
- Nataša Petrović (born 1988), Macedonian actress of Serbian descent
- Nenad Petrović (chess composer) (1907–89), Croatian chess problemist
- Nenad Petrović (writer) (1925–2014), 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
- Radosav Petrović (born 1989), Serbian footballer
- 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
- Sava Petrović (botanist) (1839–1889), botanist
- Stanojlo Petrović(1813–1894) Serbian high-ranking officer and public benefactor
- Hajduk 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
- William Francis Petrovic (1913–1991), naval engineer and ship builder
- Željko Petrović (born 1965), Montenegrin footballer and current coach
- Zoran Petrović (referee) (born 1952), Serbian football referee
- Zoran Petrović (writer) (1954–2018), Serbian writer
See also
- House of Petrović-Njegoš
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas", high school in Belgrade, Serbia.
- All pages with titles containing Petrovic
- All pages with titles containing Petrovich
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.
- ^ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.