Velijević Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Velijević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| Kosovo | 11 | 1:169,261 | 6,833 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Velijevic (20) are calculated separately.
Velijević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velijević Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velijević is held by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Velijevic. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velijević? popularity and diffusion
The last name Velijević is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Velijević occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Velijević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 66 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Velijević is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 222,558. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 47 percent live, Zagreb County, where 32 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia Velijević exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 34 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velijevic | 96 | 20 | / |
| Veljević | 94 | 3 | / |
| Velojević | 89 | 25 | / |
| Velicević | 89 | 1 | / |
| Velejević | 89 | 1 | / |
| Beljević | 82 | 50 | / |
| Valjević | 82 | 49 | / |
| Voljević | 82 | 1 | / |
| Belojević | 78 | 320 | / |
| Belajević | 78 | 23 | / |
| Velievich | 78 | 3 | / |
| Filijević | 78 | 1 | / |
| Filjević | 71 | 35 | / |
| Beljevic | 71 | 4 | / |
| Biljević | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vilievich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Belejevich | 63 | 1 | / |
| Viljevec | 59 | 2 | / |
| Filievici | 56 | 4 | / |
| Veleyvets | 56 | 1 | / |
| Filioivić | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vilyevich | 56 | 1 | / |
| Wilijewicz | 53 | 4 | / |
| Welisewitz | 53 | 3 | / |
| Beleyovich | 53 | 2 | / |
| Faljievicz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Betlejewicz | 50 | 15 | / |
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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 Velijević
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