Lazarevic Surname
Approximately 2,375 people bear this surname
Lazarevic Surname User-submission:
The surname Lazarevic came from Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic, a powerful ruler in Serbia who was the ruler of a large state in Serbia starting in 1373. While he had full support from the Orthodox church at that time as an honourable ruler, other nobles did not recognize him as a leader of the country though he was referred to by the commoners as tsar.
Read More About This SurnameLazarevic Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 593 | 1:14,360 | 2,111 |
| Switzerland | 355 | 1:23,135 | 3,659 |
| United States | 339 | 1:1,069,200 | 77,954 |
| Germany | 209 | 1:385,194 | 36,091 |
| Sweden | 160 | 1:61,542 | 4,713 |
| Canada | 149 | 1:247,286 | 23,510 |
| Australia | 139 | 1:194,214 | 19,182 |
| England | 124 | 1:449,339 | 29,774 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Norway | 27 | 1:190,455 | 22,163 |
| Serbia | 26 | 1:274,806 | 14,599 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Lazarević (35,679), Lazarevič (36) & Lazarévic (1) are calculated separately.
Lazarevic Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Lazarevic came from Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic, a powerful ruler in Serbia who was the ruler of a large state in Serbia starting in 1373. While he had full support from the Orthodox church at that time as an honourable ruler, other nobles did not recognize him as a leader of the country though he was referred to by the commoners as tsar. Through immigration over a number of years, this last name has spread to many European countries as well as to other continents.
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Lazarevic Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lazarevic Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lazarevic occurs in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Lazarević, Lazarevič or Lazarévic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lazarevic? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 179,597th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,068,440 people. The surname Lazarevic occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Lazarevic reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Lazarevic is most widely held in Austria, where it is carried by 593 people, or 1 in 14,360. In Austria Lazarevic is most common in: Vienna, where 70 percent are found, Upper Austria, where 8 percent are found and Styria, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Austria it occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Lazarevic Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lazarevic last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.62% being registered with the political party.
The amount Lazarevic earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.25% less than the national average, earning 289,838 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 47.12% more than the national average, earning R 349,620 per year; in United States they earn 5.56% more than the national average, earning $45,547 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.34% more than the national average, earning $49,851 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarević | 96 | 35,679 | / |
| Lazarevič | 96 | 36 | / |
| Lazarévic | 96 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevich | 95 | 2,484 | / |
| Lazarevics | 95 | 10 | / |
| Lazarevici | 95 | 2 | / |
| Lazarevitch | 90 | 43 | / |
| Lazzarevich | 90 | 18 | / |
| Lazarevik | 89 | 10 | / |
| Lasarevic | 89 | 6 | / |
| Lazareviz | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lacarevic | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevicova | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevych | 84 | 667 | / |
| Lazarewicz | 84 | 329 | / |
| Lazarevitš | 84 | 12 | / |
| Lazorevich | 84 | 9 | / |
| Ladjarevic | 84 | 5 | / |
| Lazarebich | 84 | 2 | / |
| Lazarevaić | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevisk | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevičs | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevits | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevecz | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazarrević | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazareviks | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lozarevich | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lazarewitch | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lazarieviez | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lazarewis | 78 | 2 | / |
| Lazarivić | 78 | 1 | / |
| Lasarevitsch | 76 | 3 | / |
| Lazarevićová | 76 | 3 | / |
| Lazarevičová | 76 | 2 | / |
| Lazarewitsch | 76 | 1 | / |
| Lazarewiez | 74 | 19 | / |
| Ladjarević | 74 | 13 | / |
| Łazarewicz | 74 | 8 | / |
| Lazarewitz | 74 | 8 | / |
| Lazorevych | 74 | 7 | / |
| Lazarievez | 74 | 1 | / |
| Lazarevets | 74 | 1 | / |
| Lasarewitsch | 67 | 6 | / |
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