Plojović Surname

366,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 984 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Plojović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plojović Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia9721:7,351876
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Kosovo51:372,3749,323
Montenegro21:319,7827,691

The alternate forms: Plojovic (22) are calculated separately.

Plojović Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plojović occurs more in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Plojovic. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plojović? popularity and diffusion

It is the 366,307th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,406,043 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plojović live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is held by 972 people, or 1 in 7,351. In Serbia it is primarily found in: Raška District, where 98 percent are found, Belgrade, where 1 percent are found and Braničevo District, where 1 percent are found. Not including Serbia Plojović is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 1 percent are found and Kosovo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plojovic9622/
Plojević8815/
Plojovičová741/
Plokhovich6720/
Plouviez63817/
Plakhovich5655/
Plokhovets5633/
Plochowicz567/
Plochowietz5333/
Ploevych501/

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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 Plojović
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