Most common surnames in Croatia

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Croatia, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Knežević	8.819	2.5%
2	Horvat	8.503	2.4%
3	Kovačević	7.936	2.2%
4	Pavlović	7.305	2%
5	Blažević	7.216	2%
6	Božić	6.855	1.9%
7	Lovrić	6.712	1.9%
8	Babić	5.449	1.5%
9	Marković	5.358	1.5%
10	Bošnjak	5.258	1.5%
11	Grgić	5.235	1.5%
12	Brkić	5.163	1.4%
13	Filipović	5.044	1.4%
14	Vidović	4.899	1.4%
15	Tomić	4.655	1.3%
16	Jukić	4.590	1.3%
17	Novak	4.505	1.3%
18	Martinović	4.497	1.3%
19	Petrović	4.424	1.2%
20	Mandić	4.341	1.2%
21	šimunović	4.315	1.2%
22	Nikolić	4.196	1.2%
23	Jurković	4.088	1.1%
24	Barišić	4.070	1.1%
25	Lončar	4.069	1.1%
26	živković	3.943	1.1%
27	šimić	3.902	1.1%
28	Jurić	3.887	1.1%
29	Rukavina	3.884	1.1%
30	Perković	3.769	1.1%

31	Lukić	3.687	1%
32	Matijević	3.635	1%
33	Novosel	3.625	1%
34	Klarić	3.617	1%
35	Matković	3.598	1%
36	Pavić	3.593	1%
37	Bašić	3.540	1%
38	Antunović	3.486	1%
39	Marušić	3.480	1%
40	ćosić	3.437	1%
41	Kovač	3.404	1%
42	Matić	3.388	1%
43	Miletić	3.229	0.9%
44	Posavec	3.211	0.9%
45	Kralj	3.204	0.9%
46	Vuković	3.187	0.9%
47	Varga	3.178	0.9%
48	Marjanović	3.164	0.9%
49	Popović	3.146	0.9%
50	Cindrić	3.121	0.9%
51	Grubišić	3.055	0.9%
52	Jakovljević	3.040	0.9%
53	Dujmović	3.019	0.8%
54	Novaković	3.007	0.8%
55	Jurišić	2.982	0.8%
56	Brajković	2.975	0.8%
57	Perić	2.918	0.8%
58	Galić	2.908	0.8%
59	Bilić	2.877	0.8%
60	Ivanković	2.873	0.8%

61	šimunić	2.854	0.8%
62	Jozić	2.843	0.8%
63	Crnković	2.804	0.8%
64	Marić	2.759	0.8%
65	Janković	2.755	0.8%
66	Burić	2.744	0.8%
67	Vrdoljak	2.731	0.8%
68	Kolarić	2.725	0.8%
69	Mitrović	2.720	0.8%
70	Mikulić	2.709	0.8%
71	Radić	2.706	0.8%
72	Lučić	2.691	0.8%
73	Vukelić	2.661	0.7%
74	Jovanović	2.620	0.7%
75	Grgurić	2.610	0.7%
76	Jurčević	2.603	0.7%
77	Vidaković	2.571	0.7%
78	Petković	2.544	0.7%
79	Ružić	2.543	0.7%
80	Herceg	2.541	0.7%
81	Abramović	2.539	0.7%
82	šarić	2.531	0.7%
83	Pavlić	2.498	0.7%
84	Stanić	2.468	0.7%
85	Butković	2.462	0.7%
86	Cvitković	2.459	0.7%
87	Katić	2.457	0.7%
88	Krznarić	2.432	0.7%
89	Josipović	2.428	0.7%
90	Ivanović	2.422	0.7%

91	Golubić	2.405	0.7%
92	Jelić	2.397	0.7%
93	Sever	2.392	0.7%
94	Krizmanić	2.384	0.7%
95	štimac	2.370	0.7%
96	Mihaljević	2.364	0.7%
97	Jerković	2.354	0.7%
98	Tadić	2.338	0.7%
99	Radošević	2.323	0.7%
100	Valentić	2.238	0.6%

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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Croatia?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Croatia is Knežević, with 8.819. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Croatia?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Croatia. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

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