Vučković Surname

23,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Vučković Surname User-submission:

This surname derives from the Serbo-Croatian word vuk, meaning 'wolf', also present in Macedonian and Slovenian. It has many variants around the south Slavic countries, such as Vukić, Vučić, Vujić and Vulić.

Vučković 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
Serbia15,5951:45871
Croatia3,7471:1,12932
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,6681:2,120353
Montenegro1,0561:606100
Kosovo3931:4,738810
Slovenia3031:8,2101,862
North Macedonia351:60,0426,129
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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The alternate forms: Vucković (433), Vučkovič (45), Vućković (7), Vuckovic (2,208) & Vućkovič (3) are calculated separately.

Vučković Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname derives from the Serbo-Croatian word vuk, meaning 'wolf', also present in Macedonian and Slovenian. It has many variants around the south Slavic countries, such as Vukić, Vučić, Vujić and Vulić.

- yincheri

This is a Serbian and Croatian patronymic from Vučko, a pet form of the personal name Vuk.

- Junie
DNA test information

Vučković Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vučković is found in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vucković, Vučkovič, Vućković, Vuckovic or Vućkovič. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vučković? popularity and diffusion

Vučković is the 23,748th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 319,517 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vučković live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Serbia, where it is carried by 15,595 people, or 1 in 458. In Serbia Vučković is mostly concentrated in: Belgrade, where 13 percent live, Nišava District, where 10 percent live and Rasina District, where 10 percent live. Barring Serbia Vučković occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 16 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 7 percent live.

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
Vucković96433/
Vučkovič9645/
Vućković967/
Vučkković945/
Vuckovic922,208/
Vućkovič923/
Vušković88310/
Bučković8849/
Vusković8812/
Vičković881/
Vučkovićova844/
Vučkovićová844/
Vuchković821/
Bušković75365/
Vuskovic75172/
Bućković75137/
Bucković75106/
Bočković7526/
Fičković7515/
Vićković7515/
Busković755/
Vuškovič751/
Vosković751/
Vučkovičová741/
Vuskovich7139/
Vuchkovich6726/
Vucskovics675/
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