Rajević Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Rajević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 363 | 1:19,683 | 2,269 |
| Montenegro | 78 | 1:8,200 | 1,337 |
| Croatia | 74 | 1:57,143 | 10,758 |
| North Macedonia | 7 | 1:300,210 | 16,548 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Rajevic (65) are calculated separately.
Rajević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rajević Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rajević is found in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Rajevic. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rajević? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rajević is the 585,898th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rajević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Rajević is most frequent in Serbia, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 19,683. In Serbia Rajević is most frequent in: Zlatibor District, where 29 percent reside, Belgrade, where 24 percent reside and Šumadija District, where 13 percent reside. Other than Serbia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Montenegro, where 15 percent reside and Croatia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajevic | 95 | 65 | / |
| Radjević | 93 | 19 | / |
| Rajcević | 93 | 18 | / |
| Rajović | 86 | 1,336 | / |
| Rujević | 86 | 500 | / |
| Rojević | 86 | 97 | / |
| Rasević | 86 | 7 | / |
| Raicević | 80 | 111 | / |
| Rajevich | 80 | 25 | / |
| Rojcević | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rajcevič | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruević | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rajovic | 71 | 223 | / |
| Raevich | 71 | 165 | / |
| Rujović | 71 | 102 | / |
| Rujevic | 71 | 49 | / |
| Racevič | 71 | 43 | / |
| Rajchevich | 71 | 9 | / |
| Rojevic | 71 | 6 | / |
| Rojović | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raževič | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ragevič | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rajewicz | 67 | 652 | / |
| Rajewich | 67 | 86 | / |
| Rayevich | 67 | 53 | / |
| Razevich | 67 | 42 | / |
| Rajavich | 67 | 18 | / |
| Rajewitz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Rejevich | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ragevich | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rajewiez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rajovich | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Rajević
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