Kaljević Surname
Approximately 796 people bear this surname
Kaljević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 517 | 1:13,820 | 1,643 |
| Montenegro | 271 | 1:2,360 | 507 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
The alternate forms: Kaljevic (62) & Kaljevič (15) are calculated separately.
Kaljević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaljević Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaljević occurs more in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Kaljevic or Kaljevič. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaljević? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 432,326th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,155,208 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kaljević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 13,820. In Serbia it is most frequent in: Zlatibor District, where 28 percent reside, Kolubara District, where 26 percent reside and Belgrade, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Serbia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Montenegro, where 34 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaljevic | 96 | 62 | / |
| Kaljevič | 96 | 15 | / |
| Kasljević | 94 | 2 | / |
| Keljević | 88 | 379 | / |
| Koljević | 88 | 52 | / |
| Kaljevićová | 84 | 4 | / |
| Koceljević | 78 | 20 | / |
| Kalcevic | 75 | 202 | / |
| Koljevic | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kalievic | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kalcevich | 71 | 48 | / |
| Kalievich | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kalyevich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kolecević | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khalievich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khalyevich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalcewicz | 59 | 15 | / |
| Kolsevich | 59 | 9 | / |
| Kolcevich | 59 | 8 | / |
| Kalyevych | 59 | 2 | / |
| Kolijewicz | 56 | 4 | / |
| Calgievicz | 56 | 3 | / |
| Kolesevich | 56 | 3 | / |
| Kalszewicz | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kolezevich | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kaleszewicz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kooleshevich | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Kaljević
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