Brajević Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Brajević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Brajević 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
Croatia2381:17,7673,635
Serbia1421:50,3174,891
Bosnia and Herzegovina131:272,03112,264
Montenegro111:58,1423,476
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Brajevic (37) are calculated separately.

Brajević Last Name Facts

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

Brajević is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Brajevic. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brajević? popularity and diffusion

Brajević is the 719,876th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. The surname Brajević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brajević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 17,767. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 48 percent live, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 34 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 9 percent live. Besides Croatia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 35 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 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
Brajevic9637/
Brajović881,975/
Brajevich82134/
Brazevič75178/
Brajovic75176/
Brujevič756/
Brajoviç756/
Brazevic753/
Braevich751/
Brojevic751/
Brazevich71232/
Brajovich7173/
Brajewicz715/
Brazevics714/
Brajavich713/
Brajoviche6712/
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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 Brajević
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