Djordjević Surname

155,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Djordjević Surname User-submission:

Of Serbian Serbian/Yugoslav origin. Primarily located on the Balkan peninsula. From what I know there are rumours that the ancestry is traceable to the Macedonia. There is reason to believe that in that time the surname might have been "Gergevich", and was later Serbianised upon later arrival.

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Djordjević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo1,3561:1,373205
Serbia5771:12,3831,474
Montenegro4291:1,491300
Slovenia2551:9,7562,266
Croatia1081:39,1547,862
Bosnia and Herzegovina601:58,9406,787
North Macedonia191:110,6049,336
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Djordjevic (6,243), Djordjevič (35), Djordjeviç (2) & Djórdjevic (1) are calculated separately.

Djordjević Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Of Serbian Serbian/Yugoslav origin. Primarily located on the Balkan peninsula. From what I know there are rumours that the ancestry is traceable to the Macedonia. There is reason to believe that in that time the surname might have been "Gergevich", and was later Serbianised upon later arrival. Before that, there is further reason to suggest that the lineage is Aromanian, a Latin people that in old Ottoman times used to dot the peninsula in mainly small Urban centres. My father once suggested that previous generations might come from the Albanian town of Voskopolje/Moscopolje, to Macedonia sometime around the late 18th century.

The surname was given to descendants of a man named Djordje, which is the Serbian equivilant of George.

- lazzaro123

'Djordjević is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name ''Djordje'' ("George", from Ancient Greek ''Georgios'' meaning ''farmer''). It is predominantly borne by ethnic Serbs, an Eastern Orthodox Christian people.

- laslovarga

Djordjević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Djordjević is held by more people in Kosovo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Djordjevic, Djordjevič, Djordjeviç or Djórdjevic. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Djordjević? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 155,451st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,585,153 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Djordjević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 51 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Kosovo, where it is held by 1,356 people, or 1 in 1,373. In Kosovo it is most common in: District of Pristina, where 31 percent live, District of Mitrovica, where 28 percent live and District of Gjilan, where 25 percent live. Besides Kosovo this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 20 percent live and Montenegro, where 15 percent live.

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