Nišević Surname

314,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,192 people bear this surname

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

Nišević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nišević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia5721:12,4911,489
Bosnia and Herzegovina3511:10,0752,026
Croatia2461:17,1893,492
Montenegro171:37,6212,828
Slovenia61:414,61218,975

The alternate forms: Nisević (10) & Nisevic (85) are calculated separately.

Nišević Last Name Facts

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

Nišević is found most in Serbia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Nisević or Nisevic. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nišević? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 314,885th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,113,713 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nišević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Nišević is most common in Serbia, where it is held by 572 people, or 1 in 12,491. In Serbia Nišević is most numerous in: Belgrade, where 33 percent reside, West Bačka District, where 12 percent reside and Mačva District, where 12 percent reside. Other than Serbia Nišević is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 29 percent reside and Croatia, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nisević9510/
Nisevic9085/
Nišavić861,480/
Nicević86644/
Nušević86129/
Nešević86104/
Nišović8638/
Ničević8613/
Nićević861/
Nuišović8016/
Nešović712,956/
Nesović7155/
Nicevic7147/
Nisavić7114/
Nesević715/
Nusević712/
Nisevich6788/
Nizevich6720/
Nicevich677/
Najcević673/
Najčević673/
Nisevici672/
Nijcevic671/
Nisevitz671/

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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 Nišević
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