Bjelčević Surname

694,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 425 people bear this surname

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

Bjelčević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bjelčević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina2751:12,8602,498
Croatia791:53,52710,175
Serbia391:183,20411,620
Slovenia291:85,78210,816
Montenegro31:213,1886,121

The alternate forms: Bjelčevič (7), Bjelcević (2) & Bjelcevic (19) are calculated separately.

Bjelčević Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bjelčević is borne by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Bjelčevič, Bjelcević or Bjelcevic. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjelčević? popularity and diffusion

Bjelčević is the 694,796th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bjelčević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Bjelčević is most frequently held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 12,860. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Bjelčević is mostly concentrated in: Republika Srpska, where 75 percent live and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 25 percent live. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 19 percent live and Serbia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bjelčevič967/
Bjelcević962/
Bijelčević9511/
Bjelcevic9319/
Bjelošević84706/
Bjelosević8412/
Bjelosevic7458/
Bijelcevic7448/
Bjeloševič741/
Bjelcebic672/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bjelčević
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