Šević Surname
Approximately 1,116 people bear this surname
Šević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 579 | 1:12,340 | 1,469 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 407 | 1:8,689 | 1,747 |
| Croatia | 65 | 1:65,055 | 11,867 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 1:108,160 | 11,945 |
| Kosovo | 20 | 1:93,093 | 5,307 |
| Montenegro | 19 | 1:33,661 | 2,715 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Sević (344), Ševic (50), Seviç (830), Sevic (328), Sevič (4) & Ševíc (3) are calculated separately.
Šević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šević Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šević is found most frequently in Serbia. It may be found in the variant forms: Sević, Ševic, Seviç, Sevic, Sevič or Ševíc. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Šević? popularity and diffusion
Šević is the 331,528th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,530,059 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šević live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Serbia, where it is borne by 579 people, or 1 in 12,340. In Serbia Šević is mostly found in: South Bačka District, where 26 percent live, Šumadija District, where 16 percent live and Belgrade, where 14 percent live. Barring Serbia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 36 percent live and Croatia, where 6 percent live.
Šević Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Šević has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Šević surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Šević
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