Prokopiev or Prokopyev (Cyrillic: Прокопиев or Прокопьев) is a Slavic masculine surname, the feminine counterpart is Prokopieva or Prokopyeva. It originates from the masculine given name Prokopy, which means successful in Greek. The surname may refer to Aleksandar Prokopiev (born 1953), Macedonian writer and musician Alexander Prokopyev (born 1986), Russian politician Aleksandra Prokopyeva (born 1994), Russian alpine ski racer Dragan Prokopiev, Bulgarian choir conductor and music pedagogue Ivo Prokopiev (born 1971), Bulgarian businessman Sergey Prokopyev (disambiguation), multiple people Trajko Prokopiev (1909–1979), Yugoslavian composer Svetlana Prokopyeva (born 1979), Russian journalist References Bulgarian-language surnames Macedonian-language surnames Russian-language surnames