Dončević Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Dončević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 238 | 1:17,767 | 3,635 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Doncević (2) & Doncevic (76) are calculated separately.
Dončević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dončević Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dončević is held by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Doncević or Doncevic. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dončević? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Dončević is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dončević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Dončević is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 17,767. In Croatia Dončević is most frequent in: Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 31 percent reside, Zagreb County, where 27 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Croatia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 1 percent reside and Montenegro, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doncević | 96 | 2 | / |
| Doncevic | 92 | 76 | / |
| Dunčević | 88 | 142 | / |
| Dančević | 88 | 39 | / |
| Domčević | 88 | 2 | / |
| Damčević | 75 | 17 | / |
| Dunćević | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dancević | 75 | 4 | / |
| Dumčević | 75 | 1 | / |
| Donchevich | 67 | 14 | / |
| Dontsevich | 67 | 13 | / |
| Dancevic | 63 | 31 | / |
| Duncevic | 63 | 12 | / |
| Doncewicz | 59 | 1 | / |
| Dantsevich | 56 | 521 | / |
| Dancsevics | 56 | 9 | / |
| Dontsevych | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Dončević
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