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Jovanović

Jovanović ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Јовановић}}, {{IPA|sh|jǒʋanoʋitɕ, joʋǎː-|pron}}) is the most common Serbian surname.{{cite web|url=http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/public/PublicationView.aspx?pKey=41&pLevel=1&pubType=2&pubKey=1502|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|script-title=sr:Најчешћа имена и презимена|year=2011|language=Serbian|access-date=2013-09-08|archive-date=2015-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130231/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/public/PublicationView.aspx?pKey=41&pLevel=1&pubType=2&pubKey=1502|url-status=dead}} It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. It is spelled in Austria as Jovanovic. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname Jovanović were residents of Montenegro (frequency 1:48), 6.2% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:327), 3.0% of Serbia (1:118), 2.1% of Kosovo (1:514) and 1.5% of Croatia (1:1,614).{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:48) in the following districts:[https://forebears.io/surnames/jovanović Jovanović surname distribution]

People

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See also

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Category:Patronymic surnames

Category:Surnames from given names

Category:Surnames of Montenegrin origin

Category:Surnames of Serbian origin