Vučelj Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Vučelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vučelj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1741:41,0634,173
Kosovo191:97,9935,402
Montenegro61:106,5944,599
Croatia51:845,72148,179

The alternate forms: Vucelj (17) & Vućelj (1) are calculated separately.

Vučelj Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vučelj is held by more people in Serbia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Vucelj or Vućelj. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vučelj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,168,344th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vučelj reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Vučelj is most commonly occurring in Serbia, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 41,063. In Serbia Vučelj is most frequent in: Raška District, where 99 percent are found and Belgrade, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Serbia Vučelj is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 9 percent are found and Montenegro, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vucelj9417/
Vućelj941/
Vucelje771/
Fučela6731/
Bučela6712/
Vusela675/
Vizelj672/
Vuceli671/
Vucilj671/
Bučele671/
Vuzele671/

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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 Vučelj
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