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 occurs most in Serbia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Rajevic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rajević? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 585,898th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rajević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Serbia, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 19,683. In Serbia it is most prevalent in: Zlatibor District, where 29 percent live, Belgrade, where 24 percent live and Šumadija District, where 13 percent live. Barring Serbia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Montenegro, where 15 percent live and Croatia, where 14 percent live.
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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