Tanović Surname

223,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,826 people bear this surname

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

Tanović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanović Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia9091:7,860935
Bosnia and Herzegovina8311:4,256864
Montenegro451:14,2131,839
Croatia381:111,27917,038
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Tanovic (197) & Tanoviç (1) are calculated separately.

Tanović Last Name Facts

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

Tanović has its highest incidence in Serbia. It may be rendered as a variant: Tanovic or Tanoviç. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanović? popularity and diffusion

It is the 223,100th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,990,989 people. The surname Tanović occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tanović are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Serbia, where it is borne by 909 people, or 1 in 7,860. In Serbia it is most numerous in: Zlatibor District, where 38 percent are found, Belgrade, where 25 percent are found and Moravica District, where 13 percent are found. Not including Serbia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 46 percent are found and Montenegro, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Tanović
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