Radosavljević Surname

25,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Radosavljević Surname User-submission:

The Radosavljević surname came from a man called Radosav. In Serbian, if you want to say that something belongs to him, then you add suffix -ev. This means that all people with this surname came from a man called Radosav and 'they all belong to him'.

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Radosavljević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia19,3191:37053
Kosovo8541:2,180347
Croatia5781:7,3161,156
Bosnia and Herzegovina3891:9,0911,831
Slovenia1461:17,0393,960
Montenegro851:7,5241,278
North Macedonia51:420,29419,032
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Radosavljevic (2,803) & Radosavljevič (27) are calculated separately.

Radosavljević Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Radosavljević surname came from a man called Radosav. In Serbian, if you want to say that something belongs to him, then you add suffix -ev. This means that all people with this surname came from a man called Radosav and 'they all belong to him'. The sufix -ić is common for Southern Slavs and some of the Greco-Slavs or other Slavs.

- lesesthetiques

It is a Hungarian surname, which means 'happy' or 'hapiness'.

- nicoleradoszta

Radosavljević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Radosavljević is carried by more people in Serbia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Radosavljevic or Radosavljevič. For other potential spellings of Radosavljević click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Radosavljević? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 25,225th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 340,731 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Radosavljević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is borne by 19,319 people, or 1 in 370. In Serbia it is most numerous in: Belgrade, where 20 percent live, Pomoravlje District, where 13 percent live and Šumadija District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Serbia this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 4 percent live and Croatia, where 3 percent live.

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