Vučaj Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Vučaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vučaj Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1021:41,4578,263
Serbia411:174,26711,295
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Vuçaj (299) & Vucaj (199) are calculated separately.

Vučaj Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vučaj is held by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Vuçaj or Vucaj. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vučaj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vučaj live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 41,457. In Croatia it is most frequent in: City of Zagreb, where 28 percent reside, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 20 percent reside and Međimurje County, where 19 percent reside. Other than Croatia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 28 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vuçaj93299/
Vucaj93199/
Bučaj8036/
Vuzaj803/
Vusaj801/
Vučej801/
Vushaj73333/
Buščaj7313/
Vucaij731/
Vusa671,478/
Vuza671,138/
Vuca67299/
Buča6783/
Vuça6730/
Fuča674/
Vuxa673/
Vuči671/
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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 Vučaj
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