Vujević Surname

287,725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,334 people bear this surname

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

Vujević Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vujević Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia4731:8,9401,539
Serbia4371:16,3501,913
Bosnia and Herzegovina4141:8,5421,724
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Vujevic (201) & Vujevič (5) are calculated separately.

Vujević Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vujević is more frequently found in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Vujevic or Vujevič. For other possible spellings of Vujević click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vujević? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 287,725th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,462,928 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vujević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 8,940. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 42 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 15 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 10 percent are found. Besides Croatia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 33 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 31 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vujevic95201/
Vujevič955/
Vujović8611,557/
Bujević8682/
Vucević8616/
Vajević862/
Vujevich80116/
Vujiović802/
Vujevics801/
Vujovic71729/
Bajević71299/
Vajović71129/
Bojević7118/
Vuevich718/
Bujevic716/
Vojović713/
Vujovićová712/
Vajevic712/
Vejović711/
Vujovič711/
Vojevic711/
Vujovich67542/
Bujevics6716/
Bujevich678/
Vujovits671/
Vodžević671/

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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
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  • 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 Vujević
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