Šetkić Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Šetkić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šetkić 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina1371:25,8134,210
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Setkić (1) & Setkic (34) are calculated separately.

Šetkić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šetkić occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Setkić or Setkic. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šetkić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,511,557th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname Šetkić is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šetkić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Šetkić is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 25,813. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Šetkić is most numerous in: Republika Srpska, where 72 percent live and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 28 percent live. Apart from Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Serbia, 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
Setkić941/
Šekić91386/
Setkic8934/
Šeškić835/
Šcekić831/
Cekić734,096/
Šikić731,414/
Sekić73359/
Šekic731/
Scekić6795/
Šajkić6784/
Šiškić6774/
Sejkić6720/
Ceskić672/
Zejkić672/
Šujkić672/
Sekuić671/
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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 Šetkić
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