Vukanić Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Vukanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vukanić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1461:48,9384,804
Montenegro1121:5,7101,053
Kosovo61:310,3128,714
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Vukanic (37) & Vukanič (4) are calculated separately.

Vukanić Last Name Facts

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

Vukanić is found most in Serbia. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Vukanic or Vukanič. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vukanić? popularity and diffusion

Vukanić is the 970,883rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vukanić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Serbia, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 48,938. In Serbia Vukanić is most common in: Belgrade, where 29 percent are found, South Bačka District, where 23 percent are found and Zlatibor District, where 17 percent are found. Barring Serbia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Montenegro, where 42 percent are found and Kosovo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vukanic9537/
Vukanič954/
Vukonić86192/
Vukanics805/
Bokanić7194/
Vukonic7121/
Vukonich67213/
Vokanics6711/
Vikanaiz679/
Bukaniec671/
Buconić5732/
Vocanic571/
Vuconich5314/
Bockanič538/
Bockanic532/
Wikanaiz531/
Vokánics531/
Bukhanets501,145/
Bukhanych502/
Wikhanaiz501/
Woukanech501/

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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 Vukanić
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