Bolević Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Bolević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia311:230,48213,277
Montenegro101:63,9563,729
Kosovo21:930,93412,188

The alternate forms: Bolevic (10) are calculated separately.

Bolević Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bolević is held by more people in Serbia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Bolevic. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolević? popularity and diffusion

Bolević is the 2,979,664th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bolević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Serbia, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 230,482. In Serbia Bolević is primarily found in: Podunavlje District, where 68 percent live and Pomoravlje District, where 32 percent live. Not including Serbia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Montenegro, where 23 percent live and Kosovo, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bolevic9510/
Balević86245/
Bolović86188/
Belević8657/
Bulević862/
Boljvić861/
Baloević8026/
Bolevich8018/
Bolevics801/
Bolgevich757/
Bolevitch753/
Vulević711,001/
Belović71472/
Balović71471/
Belavić71441/
Belevič7186/
Balevic7132/
Bolaviz7110/
Bolewicz67178/
Balevich6773/
Bulevich6759/
Volevich6739/
Bolewitz6738/
Volevici6713/
Baleviez679/
Balevics677/
Bulevics672/
Balevici672/
Behlović671/
Belevičs671/
Bolovits671/

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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 Bolević
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