Pejić Surname
Approximately 13,788 people bear this surname
Pejić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,022 | 1:587 | 53 |
| Serbia | 4,944 | 1:1,445 | 201 |
| Croatia | 2,133 | 1:1,982 | 123 |
| Slovenia | 598 | 1:4,160 | 771 |
| Montenegro | 58 | 1:11,027 | 1,589 |
| North Macedonia | 16 | 1:131,342 | 10,370 |
| Kosovo | 15 | 1:124,125 | 6,042 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pejic (1,708) & Pejič (60) are calculated separately.
Pejić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pejić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pejić is borne by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pejic or Pejič. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pejić? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 38,182nd most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 528,543 people. Pejić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pejić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 6,022 people, or 1 in 587. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 61 percent are found, Republika Srpska, where 36 percent are found and Brčko District, where 4 percent are found. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 36 percent are found and Croatia, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pejic | 93 | 1,708 | / |
| Pejič | 93 | 60 | / |
| Pejcić | 91 | 41 | / |
| Pejzić | 91 | 14 | / |
| Peić | 89 | 659 | / |
| Pajić | 80 | 11,332 | / |
| Pecić | 80 | 1,296 | / |
| Pezić | 80 | 1,049 | / |
| Pujić | 80 | 795 | / |
| Pesić | 80 | 268 | / |
| Pojić | 80 | 53 | / |
| Pežić | 80 | 27 | / |
| Pejzic | 73 | 6 | / |
| Peicić | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pajcić | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pejich | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pechić | 73 | 1 | / |
| Perzić | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paić | 67 | 826 | / |
| Peid | 67 | 622 | / |
| Peic | 67 | 142 | / |
| Peit | 67 | 62 | / |
| Peiz | 67 | 60 | / |
| Peič | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pejc | 67 | 10 | / |
| Poić | 67 | 9 | / |
| Peiç | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pejić
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