Selimović Surname

60,739th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Selimović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selimović Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina6,3571:55643
Serbia8431:8,4761,008
Slovenia5461:4,556871
Croatia3221:13,1322,550
Montenegro1681:3,807769
Kosovo361:51,7194,008
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
North Macedonia71:300,21016,548
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Selimovic (1,937) & Selimovič (10) are calculated separately.

Selimović Last Name Facts

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

Selimović is found most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may occur in the variant forms: Selimovic or Selimovič. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selimović? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 60,739th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 879,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Selimović are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 6,357 people, or 1 in 556. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 94 percent reside, Republika Srpska, where 5 percent reside and Brčko District, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 10 percent reside and Slovenia, where 7 percent reside.

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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 Selimović
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