Belević Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Montenegro
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Belević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Montenegro541:11,8441,660
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Belevič (86) & Belevic (5) are calculated separately.

Belević Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Belević Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Belević (Arabic: بليفيس) is held by more people in Montenegro than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Belevič or Belevic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Belević? popularity and diffusion

The surname Belević is the 2,555,468th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Belević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Montenegro, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 11,844. In Montenegro Belević is most frequent in: Podgorica Capital City, where 78 percent live, Bijelo Polje Municipality, where 20 percent live and Budva Municipality, where 2 percent live. Besides Montenegro this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 4 percent live and Serbia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Belevič9586/
Belevic955/
Belović86472/
Belavić86441/
Balević86245/
Bolević8643/
Belevich802,739/
Belevics80151/
Belevici8062/
Baloević8026/
Behlović801/
Belevičs801/
Bielevicz7517/
Belevitch7517/
Bieleviez7513/
Balović71471/
Belovič71278/
Bolović71188/
Bilović7153/
Belavič7132/
Bilevic7121/
Velivić711/
Boljvić711/
Bilevič711/
Belgeevich711/
Bilevich67401/
Belevych67246/
Belevets67218/
Bajlović67117/
Belovitz6744/
Belovicz6740/
Belewicz6737/
Bailović6733/
Bilevits6728/
Bielovič6719/
Bilevici6718/
Belavitz6714/
Belovits6711/
Belewich6710/
Belevetz679/
Baleviez679/
Veliović673/
Velevich672/
Bilevics672/
Bilevitz671/
Belēvičs671/

Belević Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Belević in the Arabic language
بليفيسblyfys-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Belević
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