Serbia Genealogical Records
Serbia Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Serbia
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Serbia Military Records
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
Serbia Court & Legal Records
An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Serbia Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Serbia Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Serbia Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
A history of the culture of the Serbian people, in Serbian.
Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.
Articles on medieval Serbian history, including details on prominent families and the trials of life at the time.
Serbia Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Serbia
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
The lineages of Serbian nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
The lineages of Byzantine Emperors and noble families, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
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Serbia Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
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The lineages of Serbian nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A society specialising in heraldic arms in Serbia. The website contains a number of genealogies.
The lineages of Byzantine Emperors and noble families, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Serbia Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Serbia Reference Works
A forum for genealogical queries concerning Serbia and other former Yugoslav states.
A guide detailing the steps one should take when embarking on Serbian genealogical research.
A brief introduction to genealogical research in Serbia.
Historical Description
SERVIA, or Zervia, as some call it, contains part of Moesia Superior, and part of Dalmatia of old, it had once Kings of its own, now extinct. It was once under the Hungarian Kings; now wholly possessed by the Turks. It is now divided into Maritine and Midland Servia, teste Joan. Lucio, Servia Maritima olim Chulmia, now Herzegovina, extendeth towards Dalmatia and Albania. Servia Mediterranea is divided into two parts, viz. Rascia and Bosna. It is a Fruitful and pleasant Country; consisting of Plains, Woods, and Hills, not without stout Men, good Horses, Wines, and Convenient Rivers. Once well stored with Mines of Gold and Silver, but those now decayed, or lost; and the People gross and Rude, addicted to Wine, and false in their Promises.
The Hills between Servia and Macedonia are a part of Mount Haemus, of which the M. Clissura one of the Spurs or Excursions, shines like Silver, consisting of Muscovia Glass.
Urania is a strong Pass, which the Castle commandeth, and locks up the passage into Macedonia.
The chief Rivers of Servia are, 1. Morava, Moschius of old, is divided into two Streams, the one named Morava di Bulgaria, the other Morava di Servia, which uniting run into the Danaube at. Zenderin; so that by this River the Commodities of Servia and Bulgaria are carried into the Danube, and so dispersed in Hungaria, Austria, etc. Not far from which was that great Slaughter of the Turks by Hunniades, who with 10000 Horse set upon the Turkish Camp by Moon-light, slew 30000, and took 4000 Prisoners; and Remarkable Lyperitza, the Maeander of Maesia, which Dr. Brown saith, that in less than twelve hours they passed it 90 times.
Servia lyes between Bosnia and Rascia. The chief Cities are, 1. Stonibourgh. 2. Samandria. 3. Belgrade, on the Danubius.
The Kingdom of Serbia was largely increased by the recent Peace Treaties and now includes the Kingdom of Montenegro, and territories formerly belonging to the Dual Monarchy, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Southern portion of Croatia and Slavonia.
Approximate area 86,878 square miles. Agriculture is the main occupation of a population of 11,600,000, also live stock raising (swine). There are mineral resources, but few are worked. Chief Cities : Belgrade 100,000, Zagreb (Agram) 80,000.
Most Common Surnames in Serbia
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jovanović | 149,830 | 1:48 | |
| 2 | Nikolić | 121,373 | 1:59 | |
| 3 | Petrović | 118,555 | 1:60 | |
| 4 | Đorđević | 89,511 | 1:80 | |
| 5 | Ilić | 87,005 | 1:82 | |
| 6 | Pavlović | 66,415 | 1:108 | |
| 7 | Marković | 61,477 | 1:116 | |
| 8 | Stojanović | 51,363 | 1:139 | |
| 9 | Popović | 49,977 | 1:143 | |
| 10 | Živković | 48,873 | 1:146 | |
| 11 | Janković | 46,971 | 1:152 | |
| 12 | Todorović | 43,176 | 1:165 | |
| 13 | Stanković | 40,814 | 1:175 | |
| 14 | Ristić | 39,882 | 1:179 | |
| 15 | Cvetković | 39,632 | 1:180 | |
| 16 | Kostić | 38,629 | 1:185 | |
| 17 | Tomić | 36,660 | 1:195 | |
| 18 | Dimitrijević | 35,803 | 1:200 | |
| 19 | Milošević | 34,711 | 1:206 | |
| 20 | Krstić | 33,543 | 1:213 | |
| 21 | Filipović | 33,168 | 1:215 | |
| 22 | Lukić | 32,601 | 1:219 | |
| 23 | Ivanović | 32,540 | 1:220 | |
| 24 | Kovačević | 30,824 | 1:232 | |
| 25 | Aleksić | 30,359 | 1:235 | |
| 26 | Lazić | 29,316 | 1:244 | |
| 27 | Petković | 28,929 | 1:247 | |
| 28 | Obradović | 28,637 | 1:250 | |
| 29 | Mitrović | 28,089 | 1:254 | |
| 30 | Lazarević | 27,865 | 1:256 | |
| 31 | Savić | 27,424 | 1:261 | |
| 32 | Radovanović | 26,706 | 1:268 | |
| 33 | Jović | 26,600 | 1:269 | |
| 34 | Mladenović | 25,790 | 1:277 | |
| 35 | Đurić | 25,342 | 1:282 | |
| 36 | Vasić | 25,060 | 1:285 | |
| 37 | Nedeljković | 24,542 | 1:291 | |
| 38 | Živanović | 24,506 | 1:292 | |
| 39 | Stevanović | 23,809 | 1:300 | |
| 40 | Milenković | 23,708 | 1:301 | |
| 41 | Milovanović | 23,224 | 1:308 | |
| 42 | Milosavljević | 23,072 | 1:310 | |
| 43 | Novaković | 21,637 | 1:330 | |
| 44 | Bogdanović | 21,153 | 1:338 | |
| 45 | Đokić | 20,594 | 1:347 | |
| 46 | Mitić | 20,423 | 1:350 | |
| 47 | Simić | 20,331 | 1:351 | |
| 48 | Tasić | 20,193 | 1:354 | |
| 49 | Trajković | 19,840 | 1:360 | |
| 50 | Antić | 19,751 | 1:362 | |
| 51 | Gajić | 19,711 | 1:362 | |
| 52 | Marinković | 19,651 | 1:364 | |
| 53 | Radosavljević | 19,319 | 1:370 | |
| 54 | Pešić | 18,962 | 1:377 | |
| 55 | Mihajlović | 18,956 | 1:377 | |
| 56 | Anđelković | 18,603 | 1:384 | |
| 57 | Knežević | 18,537 | 1:385 | |
| 58 | Blagojević | 18,495 | 1:386 | |
| 59 | Vasiljević | 18,085 | 1:395 | |
| 60 | Zdravković | 17,794 | 1:402 | |
| 61 | Jevtić | 17,736 | 1:403 | |
| 62 | Stojković | 17,297 | 1:413 | |
| 63 | Rakić | 16,946 | 1:422 | |
| 64 | Stefanović | 16,777 | 1:426 | |
| 65 | Grujić | 16,600 | 1:430 | |
| 66 | Vuković | 16,392 | 1:436 | |
| 67 | Arsić | 16,361 | 1:437 | |
| 68 | Milanović | 16,152 | 1:442 | |
| 69 | Stanojević | 16,106 | 1:444 | |
| 70 | Veličković | 15,721 | 1:454 | |
| 71 | Vučković | 15,595 | 1:458 | |
| 72 | Veljković | 15,407 | 1:464 | |
| 73 | Babić | 15,304 | 1:467 | |
| 74 | Paunović | 15,191 | 1:470 | |
| 75 | Đurđević | 14,988 | 1:477 | |
| 76 | Perić | 14,953 | 1:478 | |
| 77 | Matić | 14,902 | 1:479 | |
| 78 | Ćirić | 14,840 | 1:481 | |
| 79 | Gavrilović | 14,628 | 1:488 | |
| 80 | Milić | 14,575 | 1:490 | |
| 81 | Jakovljević | 14,522 | 1:492 | |
| 82 | Ivković | 14,058 | 1:508 | |
| 83 | Marjanović | 13,869 | 1:515 | |
| 84 | Tošić | 13,749 | 1:520 | |
| 85 | Nešić | 13,724 | 1:521 | |
| 86 | Maksimović | 13,494 | 1:529 | |
| 87 | Đukić | 13,239 | 1:540 | |
| 88 | Jeremić | 13,185 | 1:542 | |
| 89 | Urošević | 13,051 | 1:547 | |
| 90 | Miljković | 12,567 | 1:569 | |
| 91 | Miletić | 12,441 | 1:574 | |
| 92 | Stamenković | 12,344 | 1:579 | |
| 93 | Radulović | 12,176 | 1:587 | |
| 94 | Trifunović | 12,128 | 1:589 | |
| 95 | Ignjatović | 11,821 | 1:604 | |
| 96 | Radović | 11,797 | 1:606 | |
| 97 | Radivojević | 11,743 | 1:608 | |
| 98 | Ranđelović | 11,735 | 1:609 | |
| 99 | Božić | 11,654 | 1:613 | |
| 100 | Milojević | 11,644 | 1:614 | |
| 101 | Bošković | 11,558 | 1:618 | |
| 102 | Ranković | 11,436 | 1:625 | |
| 103 | Ostojić | 11,418 | 1:626 | |
| 104 | Golubović | 11,253 | 1:635 | |
| 105 | Andrić | 11,115 | 1:643 | |
| 106 | Jovičić | 11,083 | 1:645 | |
| 107 | Janjić | 11,000 | 1:650 | |
| 108 | Panić | 10,953 | 1:652 | |
| 109 | Milutinović | 10,795 | 1:662 | |
| 110 | Pantelić | 10,650 | 1:671 | |
| 111 | Pantić | 10,491 | 1:681 | |
| 112 | Veselinović | 9,951 | 1:718 | |
| 113 | Marić | 9,939 | 1:719 | |
| 114 | Avramović | 9,932 | 1:719 | |
| 115 | Spasić | 9,553 | 1:748 | |
| 116 | Kovač | 9,371 | 1:762 | |
| 117 | Mirković | 9,170 | 1:779 | |
| 118 | Rajković | 9,111 | 1:784 | |
| 119 | Miladinović | 9,009 | 1:793 | |
| 120 | Branković | 8,997 | 1:794 | |
| 121 | Milićević | 8,775 | 1:814 | |
| 122 | Stošić | 8,645 | 1:826 | |
| 123 | Nađ | 8,436 | 1:847 | |
| 124 | Radić | 8,428 | 1:848 | |
| 125 | Radojević | 8,384 | 1:852 | |
| 126 | Tadić | 8,320 | 1:859 | |
| 127 | Antonijević | 8,151 | 1:877 | |
| 128 | Terzić | 8,145 | 1:877 | |
| 129 | Kojić | 8,128 | 1:879 | |
| 130 | Dinić | 7,924 | 1:902 | |
| 131 | Lazović | 7,850 | 1:910 | |
| 132 | Jelić | 7,763 | 1:920 | |
| 133 | Tot | 7,616 | 1:938 | |
| 134 | Luković | 7,579 | 1:943 | |
| 135 | Radenković | 7,560 | 1:945 | |
| 136 | Kocić | 7,551 | 1:946 | |
| 137 | Davidović | 7,506 | 1:952 | |
| 138 | Horvat | 7,403 | 1:965 | |
| 139 | Mandić | 7,379 | 1:968 | |
| 140 | Jokić | 7,283 | 1:981 | |
| 141 | Kuzmanović | 7,200 | 1:992 | |
| 142 | Milivojević | 7,176 | 1:996 | |
| 143 | Bajić | 7,163 | 1:997 | |
| 144 | Tešić | 7,156 | 1:998 | |
| 145 | Damnjanović | 7,083 | 1:1,009 | |
| 146 | Adamović | 7,056 | 1:1,013 | |
| 147 | Glišić | 7,046 | 1:1,014 | |
| 148 | Mijailović | 6,937 | 1:1,030 | |
| 149 | Popov | 6,883 | 1:1,038 | |
| 150 | Vujić | 6,857 | 1:1,042 | |
| 151 | Rajić | 6,854 | 1:1,042 | |
| 152 | Zarić | 6,770 | 1:1,055 | |
| 153 | Vojinović | 6,763 | 1:1,056 | |
| 154 | Radojičić | 6,752 | 1:1,058 | |
| 155 | Radojković | 6,737 | 1:1,061 | |
| 156 | Ćurčić | 6,710 | 1:1,065 | |
| 157 | Pajić | 6,666 | 1:1,072 | |
| 158 | Đurović | 6,550 | 1:1,091 | |
| 159 | Mišić | 6,539 | 1:1,093 | |
| 160 | Jocić | 6,524 | 1:1,095 | |
| 161 | Spasojević | 6,469 | 1:1,104 | |
| 162 | Aćimović | 6,454 | 1:1,107 | |
| 163 | Tomašević | 6,342 | 1:1,127 | |
| 164 | Cvetanović | 6,246 | 1:1,144 | |
| 165 | Tanasković | 6,157 | 1:1,160 | |
| 166 | Brkić | 6,122 | 1:1,167 | |
| 167 | Zlatković | 6,116 | 1:1,168 | |
| 168 | Mijatović | 6,076 | 1:1,176 | |
| 169 | Vujović | 5,920 | 1:1,207 | |
| 170 | Bojović | 5,902 | 1:1,211 | |
| 171 | Pejčić | 5,887 | 1:1,214 | |
| 172 | Kostadinović | 5,883 | 1:1,215 | |
| 173 | Varga | 5,812 | 1:1,229 | |
| 174 | Dimić | 5,728 | 1:1,247 | |
| 175 | Lekić | 5,727 | 1:1,248 | |
| 176 | Ćosić | 5,663 | 1:1,262 | |
| 177 | Milojković | 5,607 | 1:1,274 | |
| 178 | Kiš | 5,598 | 1:1,276 | |
| 178 | Perišić | 5,598 | 1:1,276 | |
| 180 | Stojiljković | 5,530 | 1:1,292 | |
| 181 | Grbić | 5,525 | 1:1,293 | |
| 182 | Arsenijević | 5,515 | 1:1,296 | |
| 183 | Radisavljević | 5,486 | 1:1,302 | |
| 184 | Nešković | 5,461 | 1:1,308 | |
| 185 | Simonović | 5,452 | 1:1,311 | |
| 186 | Joksimović | 5,440 | 1:1,313 | |
| 187 | Manojlović | 5,391 | 1:1,325 | |
| 188 | Krsmanović | 5,383 | 1:1,327 | |
| 189 | Topalović | 5,370 | 1:1,331 | |
| 190 | Đoković | 5,335 | 1:1,339 | |
| 191 | Čolić | 5,303 | 1:1,347 | |
| 192 | Božović | 5,250 | 1:1,361 | |
| 193 | Despotović | 5,246 | 1:1,362 | |
| 194 | Zorić | 5,198 | 1:1,375 | |
| 195 | Erić | 5,139 | 1:1,390 | |
| 196 | Ćirković | 5,135 | 1:1,391 | |
| 197 | Stojadinović | 5,022 | 1:1,423 | |
| 198 | Bojić | 5,000 | 1:1,429 | |
| 199 | Jakšić | 4,992 | 1:1,431 | |
| 200 | Vukadinović | 4,969 | 1:1,438 | |