Jovcev Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
North Macedonia

Jovcev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jovcev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Jovčev (127) are calculated separately.

Jovcev Last Name Facts

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

Jovcev occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Jovčev. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jovcev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Jovcev occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jovcev reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,368,819. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Lucerne, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in North Macedonia, where 25 percent live and Czechia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jovčev94127/
Jovchev9220/
Jovceva9216/
Jovcheva865/
Jovtchev861/
Iovcev8332/
Yovchev773,388/
Iovchev7739/
Iovceva7720/
Eovchev771/
Yovcheva713,645/
Iovcheva7167/
Iovtchev7133/
Yovtchev713/
Zovcheva711/
Iovtcheva6727/
Jovčevová673/
Yovtcheva672/
Havcev671/

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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 Jovcev
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