Perčević Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Perčević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Perčević Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia901:79,3886,861
Croatia411:103,13716,264
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Percević (3), Percevic (22) & Percevič (4) are calculated separately.

Perčević Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perčević is more commonly found in Serbia than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Percević, Percevic or Percevič. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perčević? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,544,715th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name Perčević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Perčević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Perčević is most common in Serbia, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 79,388. In Serbia it is mostly found in: Rasina District, where 84 percent reside, Central Banat District, where 10 percent reside and Raška District, where 2 percent reside. Beside Serbia Perčević occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 31 percent reside and Kosovo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Percević963/
Petrčević942/
Percevic9222/
Percevič924/
Perčović881/
Pertsevich674/
Perchevitch6311/
Pertchevitch601/
Percevecz5930/
Percewicz5917/
Piercewicz5633/
Prechevitch531/
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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 Perčević
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