Slovenia & Croatia Genealogy
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Most frequent surnames
in Croatia & Slovenia

Slovenia and Croatia each have separate statistical data about most frequent surnames. The list of common surnames somewhat overlap, but most of surnames in each respective country differ.

Croatia

This is the list of most common (most frequent) surnames in Croatia. Source: Croatian Encyclopaedia of Surnames

  1. 1. Horvat (22.225)
  2. 2. Kovacevic /Kovachevich/ (15.835)
  3. 3. Babic /Babich/ (13.150)
  4. 4. Maric /Marich/ (11.617)
  5. 5. Novak (11.396)
  6. 6. Juric /Jurich/ (11.356)
  7. 7. Kovacic /Kovachich/ (11.171)
  8. 8. Vukovic /Vukovich/ (10.582)
  9. 9. Knezevic /Knezhevich/ (10.554)
  10. 10. Markovic /Markovich/ (10.074)
  11. 11. Petrovic /Petrovich/ (9.957)
  12. 12. Matic /Matich/ (9.960)
  13. 13. Tomic /Tomich/ (9.538)
  14. 14. Kovac /Kovach/ (8.997)
  15. 15. Pavlovic /Pavlovich/ (8.759)
  16. 16. Bozic /Bozich/ (8.258)
  17. 17. Blazevic /Blazevich/ (8.152)
  18. 18. Grgic /Grgich/ (8.010)
  19. 19. Pavic /Pavich/ (7.538)
  20. 20. Radic /Radich/ (7.406)
  21. 21. Peric /Perich/ (7.351)
  22. 22. Filipovic /Filipovich/ (7.321)
  23. 23. Saric /Sharich/ (7.184)
  24. 24. Lovric /Lovrich/ (7.131)
  25. 25. Vidovic /Vidovich/ (6.986)
  26. 26. Perkovic /Perkovich/ (6.903)
  27. 27. Popovic /Popovich/ (6.797)
  28. 28. Bosnjak /Boshnjak/ (6.760)
  29. 29. Jukic /Jukich/ (6.653)
  30. 30. Barisic /Barishich/ (6.417)

Slovenia

Most frequent (or most common) surnames in Slovenia is as follows. Source: Statistical office of the Republic of Slovenia

  1. 1. Novak (11.307)
  2. 2. Horvat (10.017)
  3. 3. Krajnc (5.708)
  4. 4. Kovacic /Kovachich/ (5.639),
  5. 5. Zupancic /Zupanchich/ (5.103)
  6. 6. Kovac /Kovach/ (4.800)
  7. 7. Potocnik /Potochnik/ (4.738)
  8. 8. Mlakar (4.000)
  9. 9. Vidmar (3.938)
  10. 10. Kos (3.914)
  11. 11. Golob (3.883)
  12. 12. Turk (3.526)
  13. 13. Bozic /Bozhich/ (3.511)
  14. 14. Kralj (3.403)
  15. 15. Zupan (3.336)
  16. 16. Korosec /Koroshec/ (3.296)
  17. 17. Bizjak (3.265)
  18. 18. Hribar (3.148)
  19. 19. Kotnik (3.078)
  20. 20. Rozman (2.987)
  21. 21. Kavcic /Kavchich/ (2.956)
  22. 22. Petek (2.900)
  23. 23. Kastelic (2.861)
  24. 24. Kolar (2.848)
  25. 25. Hocevar /Hochevar/ (2.822)
  26. 26. Zagar /Zhagar/ (2.820)
  27. 27. Oblak (2.805)
  28. 28. Kosir /Koshir/ (2.702)
  29. 29. Koren (2.675)
  30. 30. Klemencic /Klemenchich/ (2.438)