Gligorijević Surname

120,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Gligorijević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gligorijević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia3,6841:1,939267
Kosovo891:20,9202,460
Montenegro91:71,0633,870
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gligorijevic (187) are calculated separately.

Gligorijević Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gligorijević occurs in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Gligorijevic. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gligorijević? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 120,667th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,918,280 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gligorijević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Gligorijević is most frequently used in Serbia, where it is held by 3,684 people, or 1 in 1,939. In Serbia Gligorijević is mostly found in: Belgrade, where 16 percent reside, Pomoravlje District, where 13 percent reside and Nišava District, where 11 percent reside. Barring Serbia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 2 percent reside and Montenegro, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gligorijevic97187/
Gligorjević961/
Gligorijevć961/
Gligorjevic871/
Gligorizevic832/
Gligorievich832/
Glegorejevic753/
Glygorievich752/

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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
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  • 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 Gligorijević
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