Giljević Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Giljević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giljević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2311:18,3063,749
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Giljevic (7) are calculated separately.

Giljević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Giljević is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Giljevic. Click here for other potential spellings of Giljević.

How Common Is The Last Name Giljević? popularity and diffusion

The surname Giljević is the 1,067,497th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Giljević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Giljević is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 18,306. In Croatia it is primarily found in: Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 70 percent are found, Split-Dalmatia County, where 16 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Croatia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent are found and Serbia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giljevic967/
Iljević932/
Ilijević88447/
Ciljević88105/
Ilijevic7518/
Ilijevič751/
Gilgevič751/
Đeljević751/
Djeljević7194/
Ilijevich7143/
Zildžević7111/
Gilgevich715/
Gilievich711/
Gilyevich711/
Šljivić672,142/
Sljivić6718/
Ilgevič678/
Iljevec678/
Guilievicz671/

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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 Giljević
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