Prljević Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Prljević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prljević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia2481:28,8103,098
Bosnia and Herzegovina751:47,1526,063
Croatia561:75,51113,210
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Prljevic (36) are calculated separately.

Prljević Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prljević is held by more people in Serbia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Prljevic. For other potential spellings of Prljević click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prljević? popularity and diffusion

It is the 751,291st most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The surname Prljević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prljević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Prljević is most frequent in Serbia, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 28,810. In Serbia it is most common in: Zlatibor District, where 78 percent live, Belgrade, where 13 percent live and Srem District, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Serbia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 20 percent live and Croatia, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prljevic9636/
Preljević94921/
Priljević947/
Prelević881,124/
Brljević88215/
Preljevic8285/
Prolović75173/
Prelevic7596/
Prelović7542/
Brljevic7523/
Parlović755/
Porlevik752/
Perlović751/
Prelavić751/
Peralović7147/
Priulović7136/
Parilović714/
Baralević711/
Paralović711/
Prelsevic711/
Prelvic671/
Paraulović671/

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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 Prljević
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