Zović Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Zović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Zović 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
Croatia1631:25,9425,377
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Zovic (106) & Žovic (26) are calculated separately.

Zović Last Name Facts

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

Zović occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Zovic or Žovic. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zović? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,343,156th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. Zović is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zović live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Zović is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 25,942. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Istria County, where 60 percent live, Split-Dalmatia County, where 16 percent live and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 13 percent live. Besides Croatia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 1 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 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
Zovic93106/
Žovic8726/
Jović8037,997/
Čović805,001/
Sović80749/
Šović80210/
Zobić80130/
Cović8095/
Ćović8042/
Zovich73257/
Zeević7325/
Zovits7323/
Djović737/
Dzavić732/
Zompić731/
Dzovic731/
Ziević731/
Josvić731/
Szovics67122/
Džuović6714/
Džgović671/
Zovitch670/
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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 Zović
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