Prijević Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prijević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prijević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina1901:18,6133,326
Serbia291:246,37813,728
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Prijevic (2) are calculated separately.

Prijević Last Name Facts

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

Prijević is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Prijevic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prijević? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,088,856th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name Prijević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prijević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Prijević is most commonly occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 18,613. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Prijević is primarily concentrated in: Republika Srpska, where 99 percent live and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent live. Beside Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 13 percent live and Slovenia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prijevic962/
Prijović881,001/
Projević8818/
Projović75186/
Prievich7516/
Prizevoits6744/
Prizevaits672/
Priivits6344/
Priewich6321/
Projovic632/
Priebitz632/
Proyevich591/
Preuvez531/
Prechevitch531/
Praivez530/
Priebec530/
Praiwech501/

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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 Prijević
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