Bjelić Surname

109,617th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bjelić Surname User-submission:

A Serbo-Croat surname meaning 'son of the white'; from belo/bijelo, meaning 'white'.

Bjelić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia2,3931:2,986402
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,2691:2,787512
Croatia3281:12,8922,480
Slovenia1411:17,6434,093
Montenegro1101:5,8141,065
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362

The alternate forms: Bjelic (282) & Bjelič (2) are calculated separately.

Bjelić Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Serbo-Croat surname meaning 'son of the white'; from belo/bijelo, meaning 'white'.

- Nikola Pujić
DNA test information

Bjelić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bjelić is found most frequently in Serbia. It may also occur as: Bjelic or Bjelič. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjelić? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 109,617th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,716,736 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bjelić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Serbia, where it is borne by 2,393 people, or 1 in 2,986. In Serbia it is most common in: Zlatibor District, where 33 percent live, South Bačka District, where 16 percent live and Belgrade, where 16 percent live. Beside Serbia Bjelić occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 30 percent live and Croatia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjelic94282/
Bjelič942/
Bijelić925,028/
Bielić8312/
Pjelić8311/
Bijelic77784/
Bjelich7725/
Bijelič771/
Bijelich7126/
Bielic6786/
Bieliz6720/
Bjeličová673/
Bieleć672/
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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bjelić
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