Žerajić Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

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

Žerajić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žerajić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina3221:10,9832,181
Serbia1601:44,6564,471
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Zerajić (15) & Zerajic (49) are calculated separately.

Žerajić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Žerajić occurs most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It can appear as a variant: Zerajić or Zerajic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Žerajić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Žerajić is the 616,129th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žerajić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 10,983. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Žerajić is most numerous in: Republika Srpska, where 92 percent reside and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 8 percent reside. Barring Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 32 percent reside and Croatia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zerajić9515/
Žeraić921/
Zerajic9049/
Žerajićová821/
Sorajić71137/
Sarajić711/
Jerajit711/
Jeerajit677/
Jearajit674/
Se Rajik671/

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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 Žerajić
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