Jošević Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jošević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Jošević 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina141:252,60012,031
Serbia131:549,61120,712
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362

The alternate forms: Josevic (1) are calculated separately.

Jošević Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jošević is found most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may occur as a variant: Josevic. Click here for further potential spellings of Jošević.

How Common Is The Last Name Jošević? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Jošević is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jošević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 252,600. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Jošević is mostly concentrated in: Republika Srpska, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 45 percent reside and North Macedonia, where 7 percent reside.

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
Josevic901/
Hajošević8854/
Jošović86293/
Jašević8619/
Jočević866/
Hajosević752/
Jašović71654/
Zoćević71180/
Josović71132/
Jaćević7190/
Jasović7155/
Jacević7116/
Sosević716/
Jučević714/
Jačević713/
Zocević712/
Josevich6768/
Jajcević673/
Jashović671/
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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 Jošević
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