Ružević Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Ružević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ružević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia561:75,51113,210
Serbia411:174,26711,295
Bosnia and Herzegovina231:153,75710,076

The alternate forms: Ruzević (2) & Ruzevic (6) are calculated separately.

Ružević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ružević is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Ruzević or Ruzevic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ružević? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ružević is the 1,658,108th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ružević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 75,511. In Croatia Ružević is most prevalent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 50 percent reside, Vukovar-Srijem County, where 38 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Croatia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 34 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ruzević952/
Ruzevic906/
Rujević86500/
Ružović863/
Rucević862/
Rusević861/
Ridžević801/
Ružovič71149/
Rusović71103/
Roževič7143/
Rusevič711/
Ruzevich6753/
Rugevich6715/
Ruzevitš671/
Ruzevits671/
Ruzevics671/
Roževics671/
Ridžović671/
Rusevicz671/

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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 Ružević
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