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
The surname Prelević is found most in Montenegro. It can appear as: Prelevic. For other potential spellings of Prelević click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prelević? popularity and diffusion
The last name Prelević is the 329,664th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,483,582 people. The last name Prelević is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Prelević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Montenegro, where it is carried by 731 people, or 1 in 875. In Montenegro it is primarily concentrated in: Podgorica Capital City, where 74 percent reside, Danilovgrad Municipality, where 7 percent reside and Bijelo Polje Municipality, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Montenegro Prelević is found in 7 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Prelević
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