Prelević Surname
Approximately 1,124 people bear this surname
Prelević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 731 | 1:875 | 164 |
| Serbia | 252 | 1:28,353 | 3,051 |
| Croatia | 99 | 1:42,713 | 8,470 |
| Kosovo | 21 | 1:88,660 | 5,199 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 | 1:221,025 | 11,534 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
The alternate forms: Prelevic (96) are calculated separately.
Prelević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prelević Come From? nationality or country of origin
Prelević is more frequently found in Montenegro than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Prelevic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Prelević? popularity and diffusion
The last name Prelević is the 329,664th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 6,483,582 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prelević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most common in Montenegro, where it is borne by 731 people, or 1 in 875. In Montenegro it is primarily found in: Podgorica Capital City, where 74 percent reside, Danilovgrad Municipality, where 7 percent reside and Bijelo Polje Municipality, where 5 percent reside. Barring Montenegro this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 22 percent reside and Croatia, where 9 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
- 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 Prelević
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