Stanojević Surname

26,060th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Stanojević Surname User-submission:

The Stanojević surname came from a man called Stanoje. In Serbian, if you want to say that something belongs to him, then you add suffix -ev. This means that all people with this surname came from a man called Stanoje and 'they all belong to him'.

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Stanojević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia16,1061:44469
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,3141:1,528234
Kosovo8251:2,257359
Croatia5281:8,0091,324
Slovenia3741:6,6521,462
Montenegro3381:1,892401
North Macedonia1591:13,2172,037
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Stanojevic (2,869), Stanojevič (14) & Stanojeviç (1) are calculated separately.

Stanojević Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Stanojević surname came from a man called Stanoje. In Serbian, if you want to say that something belongs to him, then you add suffix -ev. This means that all people with this surname came from a man called Stanoje and 'they all belong to him'. The suffix -ić is common for Southern Slavs and some of the Greco-Slavs or other Slavs.

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Stanojević Last Name Facts

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

Stanojević is carried by more people in Serbia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Stanojevic, Stanojevič or Stanojeviç. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stanojević? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 26,060th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 352,874 people. The last name Stanojević is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stanojević are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

Stanojević is most commonly held in Serbia, where it is carried by 16,106 people, or 1 in 444. In Serbia it is primarily concentrated in: Belgrade, where 11 percent live, Nišava District, where 9 percent live and Braničevo District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Serbia this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent live and Kosovo, where 4 percent live.

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