Vukelić Surname
Approximately 5,642 people bear this surname
Vukelić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 2,661 | 1:1,589 | 77 |
| Serbia | 1,826 | 1:3,913 | 497 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 904 | 1:3,912 | 795 |
| Slovenia | 174 | 1:14,297 | 3,385 |
| Montenegro | 50 | 1:12,791 | 1,736 |
| North Macedonia | 17 | 1:123,616 | 9,990 |
| Kosovo | 7 | 1:265,981 | 8,180 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Vukelic (910), Vukelič (30) & Vukélic (1) are calculated separately.
Vukelić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vukelić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vukelić is found most in Croatia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Vukelic, Vukelič or Vukélic. Click here for further potential spellings of Vukelić.
How Common Is The Last Name Vukelić? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 85,473rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,291,660 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vukelić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Vukelić is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is held by 2,661 people, or 1 in 1,589. In Croatia Vukelić is most common in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 22 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 20 percent reside and Osijek-Baranja County, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Croatia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 32 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vukelic | 95 | 910 | / |
| Vukelič | 95 | 30 | / |
| Vukeleić | 93 | 1 | / |
| Vukélic | 90 | 1 | / |
| Vukolić | 86 | 523 | / |
| Vukalić | 86 | 484 | / |
| Vucelić | 86 | 314 | / |
| Bukelić | 86 | 139 | / |
| Vukelich | 80 | 782 | / |
| Vukajlić | 80 | 23 | / |
| Vukelics | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bukilić | 71 | 293 | / |
| Wukelic | 71 | 47 | / |
| Vukeličová | 71 | 6 | / |
| Vukalič | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vukelec | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukelic | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wukelich | 67 | 42 | / |
| Wukelicz | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vukelych | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bukelich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vukajlic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuquelich | 63 | 12 | / |
| Boukeliche | 59 | 4 | / |
| Bukilic | 57 | 47 | / |
| Fukalits | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bukilici | 53 | 1 | / |
| Buquelich | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Vukelić
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