Selimović Surname
Approximately 8,289 people bear this surname
Selimović Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,357 | 1:556 | 43 |
| Serbia | 843 | 1:8,476 | 1,008 |
| Slovenia | 546 | 1:4,556 | 871 |
| Croatia | 322 | 1:13,132 | 2,550 |
| Montenegro | 168 | 1:3,807 | 769 |
| Kosovo | 36 | 1:51,719 | 4,008 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| North Macedonia | 7 | 1:300,210 | 16,548 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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 most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It can also be rendered as a variant: Selimovic or Selimovič. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Selimović? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,739th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 879,183 people. Selimović 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.
The surname Selimović is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 6,357 people, or 1 in 556. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Selimović is primarily found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 94 percent are found, Republika Srpska, where 5 percent are found and Brčko District, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 10 percent are found and Slovenia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selimovic | 96 | 1,937 | / |
| Selimovič | 96 | 10 | / |
| Salimović | 89 | 217 | / |
| Selimovićová | 86 | 1 | / |
| Selimovićova | 86 | 1 | / |
| Selimovich | 84 | 28 | / |
| Selimovici | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sselimovic | 84 | 1 | / |
| Salemović | 78 | 38 | / |
| Selimobic | 78 | 2 | / |
| Selemovic | 78 | 1 | / |
| Selimovičová | 76 | 2 | / |
| Silimovich | 74 | 4 | / |
| Zelimovich | 74 | 2 | / |
| Sielimowicz | 70 | 17 | / |
| Shelimovets | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gilimovich | 63 | 117 | / |
| Gelemovich | 63 | 3 | / |
| Shelymovets | 60 | 24 | / |
| Sielemowicz | 60 | 9 | / |
| Shelemovets | 60 | 5 | / |
| Shalimovets | 60 | 1 | / |
| Chilimowicz | 50 | 6 | / |
| Shylymovets | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Selimović
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