Svetić Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Svetić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 517 | 1:8,179 | 1,374 |
| Serbia | 18 | 1:396,942 | 17,613 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Svetic (129) & Svetič (42) are calculated separately.
Svetić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Svetić Come From? nationality or country of origin
Svetić is found in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Svetic or Svetič. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Svetić? popularity and diffusion
The surname Svetić is the 582,011th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,520,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Svetić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 8,179. In Croatia Svetić is primarily found in: Lika-Senj County, where 28 percent are found, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 26 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 18 percent are found. Beside Croatia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 3 percent are found and Slovenia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svetic | 94 | 129 | / |
| Svetič | 94 | 42 | / |
| Cvetić | 83 | 3,506 | / |
| Svitić | 83 | 59 | / |
| Svatić | 83 | 4 | / |
| Svetich | 77 | 287 | / |
| Svetits | 77 | 54 | / |
| Svetics | 77 | 11 | / |
| Szvetics | 71 | 89 | / |
| Szvetits | 71 | 73 | / |
| Szvetitz | 71 | 16 | / |
| Svettich | 71 | 2 | / |
| Szveticz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Svetec | 67 | 999 | / |
| Cvitić | 67 | 601 | / |
| Svitič | 67 | 58 | / |
| Svitic | 67 | 49 | / |
| Cvetič | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sveticova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Svetičová | 67 | 5 | / |
| Swetic | 67 | 4 | / |
| Svetitsch | 67 | 3 | / |
| Suetiz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suetic | 67 | 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 Svetić
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