Postolović Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Postolović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Postolović 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
Serbia1971:36,2693,756
North Macedonia481:43,7814,858
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Postolovic (20) are calculated separately.

Postolović Last Name Facts

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

Postolović occurs in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Postolovic. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Postolović? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,011,991st most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Postolović live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Serbia, where it is held by 197 people, or 1 in 36,269. In Serbia Postolović is most frequent in: Pomoravlje District, where 39 percent reside, South Banat District, where 38 percent reside and Jablanica District, where 10 percent reside. Barring Serbia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 19 percent reside and Croatia, where 2 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
Postolovic9720/
Postolovich861/
Pastulović80133/
Postolowicz768/
Postalovich761/
Potolovec748/
Podstolowicz7310/
Pastulovic7034/
Potalovich702/
Postołowicz6761/
Podstołowicz6414/
Potalovych601/
Postalewicz5715/
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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 Postolović
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