Kujević Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Montenegro
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Kujević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kujević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Montenegro1611:3,972793
Serbia191:376,05017,192
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Kujevic (25) are calculated separately.

Kujević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kujević is carried by more people in Montenegro than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kujevic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kujević? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,252,959th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname Kujević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kujević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Kujević is most frequently used in Montenegro, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 3,972. In Montenegro it is primarily found in: Rožaje Municipality, where 98 percent reside, Bar Municipality, where 1 percent reside and Bijelo Polje Municipality, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Montenegro this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 10 percent reside and Croatia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kujevic9525/
Kajević861,268/
Kujović86922/
Kojević8695/
Kujavić8665/
Kucević8619/
Kuzević869/
Kusević861/
Kuscević801/
Kaević7775/
Kojović71998/
Kajevic71136/
Kujovic71131/
Kijevič7193/
Kuzevič7174/
Kujovič7136/
Kajović7114/
Kujavic717/
Kucevič715/
Kuyevic714/
Kuevich714/
Cajević714/
Kujevec713/
Kusevič713/
Kuzevic713/
Cujović712/
Kuceviç712/
Kejevic711/
Kajavić711/
Kajeviç711/
Kojevic711/
Kuzeviç711/
Cucević711/
Kujoviç711/
Kajebić711/
Kajevič711/
Kuzevich67101/
Khuevich6762/
Kujovich6748/
Causević6743/
Kojeveci674/
Kujovics671/
Kusevits671/

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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 Kujević
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