Savelić Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Montenegro
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Savelić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Savelić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Montenegro51:127,9134,949
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Šavelić (26) & Savelic (1) are calculated separately.

Savelić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Savelić is most common in Montenegro. It may be rendered as a variant: Šavelić or Savelic. Click here for further potential spellings of Savelić.

How Common Is The Last Name Savelić? popularity and diffusion

Savelić is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Savelić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Montenegro, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 127,913. In Montenegro it is mostly concentrated in: Bar Municipality, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Montenegro it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 25 percent are found and Kosovo, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šavelić9526/
Savelic951/
Savelich8086/
Jovelić71154/
Zavalić7147/
Savelych6730/
Sovelich672/
Savelets671/
Schabelitz598/
Zabelich53170/
Sewolizh533/
Zabelitz531/
Sawiełajć5012/
Shevolits501/
Seibelich500/

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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 Savelić
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