Prokopovych is a Ukrainian-language

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

derived from the Slavic first name

Prokop Prokop may mean either of two Hussite generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan: * Prokop the Great * Prokop the Lesser Other people who bore the name Prokop: * Procopius Procopius of Caesarea (; ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; ...

, from Latin name

Procopius Procopius of Caesarea (; ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; ; – 565) was a prominent Late antiquity, late antique Byzantine Greeks, Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Justinian I, Empe ...

. It corresponds to Polish Prokopowicz, Belarusian Prakapovich and Russian

Prokopovich Prokopovich is a Slavic patronymic surname derived from the first name Prokop (disambiguation), Prokop, a variant of the Latin name Procopius (Romans), Procopius. It corresponds to Polish Prokopowicz, Ukrainian Prokopovych, and Belarusian Prakapovic ...

. "Prokopovych" may also be a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

part of a full East Slavic name, however with a different pronunciation: the surname has the penultimate accent, while the patronymic retains the accent of the first name Prokop, i.e., on the second syllable. The surname Prokopovych may refer to: *

Petro Prokopovych Petro Prokopovych (1775–1850, ) was a Ukrainian beekeeper who made revolutionary contributions to the practice. They include the founding of commercial beekeeping and the invention of the first movable frame hive. He introduced novelties in tra ...

(1775–1850), Ukrainian founder of commercial beekeeping * Vyacheslav Prokopovych (1881-1942), Ukrainian politician

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