Ponjavić Surname

370,969th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 968 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Ponjavić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ponjavić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia5731:12,4691,486
Croatia1571:26,9345,575
Bosnia and Herzegovina1221:28,9874,598
Slovenia1111:22,4114,918
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Ponjavic (121) & Ponjavič (1) are calculated separately.

Ponjavić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ponjavić is found in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Ponjavic or Ponjavič. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponjavić? popularity and diffusion

Ponjavić is the 370,969th most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,528,457 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ponjavić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Serbia, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 12,469. In Serbia Ponjavić is most numerous in: Moravica District, where 60 percent reside, Zlatibor District, where 28 percent reside and Belgrade, where 6 percent reside. Besides Serbia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 16 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 13 percent reside.

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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 Ponjavić
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