Glavić Surname

436,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Glavić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Glavić 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
Croatia3821:11,0702,063
Bosnia and Herzegovina2621:13,4982,598
Slovenia711:35,0386,741
Serbia641:111,6408,662
Montenegro51:127,9134,949
Kosovo21:930,93412,188

The alternate forms: Glavič (386) are calculated separately.

Glavić Last Name Facts

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

Glavić occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Glavič. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glavić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Glavić is the 436,668th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Glavić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Glavić is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 382 people, or 1 in 11,070. In Croatia Glavić is primarily concentrated in: Zadar County, where 29 percent live, Istria County, where 12 percent live and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 12 percent live. Barring Croatia Glavić occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 33 percent live and Slovenia, where 9 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
Glavič94386/
Glaviz835/
Glević831/
Glavich77400/
Glavici7722/
Glavics771/
Gloović771/
Glauvitz7168/
Glaviche711/
Glavez6757/
Glavitsch6716/
Glavicová675/
Gloviz671/
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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 Glavić
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