Spalević Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Spalević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 188 | 1:3,402 | 701 |
| Serbia | 107 | 1:66,775 | 6,036 |
| Slovenia | 19 | 1:130,930 | 12,952 |
| Kosovo | 14 | 1:132,991 | 6,224 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
The alternate forms: Spalevic (34) are calculated separately.
Spalević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spalević Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Spalević is borne by more people in Montenegro than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Spalevic. For other potential spellings of Spalević click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spalević? popularity and diffusion
It is the 835,661st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. The surname Spalević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Spalević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Montenegro, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 3,402. In Montenegro Spalević is most prevalent in: Berane Municipality, where 60 percent live, Podgorica Capital City, where 20 percent live and Plav Municipality, where 7 percent live. Aside from Montenegro this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 32 percent live and Slovenia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalevic | 96 | 34 | / |
| Spaljević | 94 | 6 | / |
| Spalović | 88 | 26 | / |
| Spaleviq | 88 | 1 | / |
| Spalevich | 82 | 19 | / |
| Spiljević | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sopalović | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shpalevich | 78 | 1 | / |
| Spalovic | 75 | 3 | / |
| Speaoljevic | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sabolović | 71 | 418 | / |
| Šopalović | 71 | 241 | / |
| Zipalović | 71 | 41 | / |
| Špiljević | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ćepalović | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sopalovic | 71 | 6 | / |
| Spiljevic | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sepelevic | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sabojlović | 67 | 37 | / |
| Sepelevica | 67 | 4 | / |
| Szpalewicz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szpelewicz | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Spalević
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