Pešević Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

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

Pešević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pešević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina2491:14,2022,721
Croatia241:176,19222,291
Serbia51:1,428,99029,746
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Pesević (10) & Pesevic (14) are calculated separately.

Pešević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pešević is held by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Pesević or Pesevic. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pešević? popularity and diffusion

Pešević is the 940,398th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pešević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 14,202. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily concentrated in: Republika Srpska, where 90 percent are found and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 9 percent are found and Serbia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesević9510/
Pesevic9014/
Pešović86576/
Pašević8610/
Pecević861/
Peičević8017/
Pejčević808/
Pašović71200/
Pesović7112/
Pecevic712/
Paševič711/
Pecevich67116/
Pescevic6726/
Pecevics6723/
Pezevich6714/
Piscević674/
Pesevich672/
Pesevics671/

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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 Pešević
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