How common is the surname Jovanovic?

1,521 people in the United States had the surname Jovanovic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jovanovic?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jovanovic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jovanovic?

Stjepan Jovanović, Austrian military personnel (1828–1885), followed by Vladislav Jovanović.

Where is the surname Jovanovic most common?

Wikidata records people named Jovanovic in Cisleithania, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Jovanovic getting more or less common?

More common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Jovanovic

A Serbo-Croatian surname, carried by 1,521 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex J151

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jovanovic is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Serbo-Croatian origin

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jovanović.

One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,521 people named Jovanovic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,179.

#18,262

rank among US surnames

1,521

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+29%

change since 2000 (was #20,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855
#18,262	Raybon	1,521	202,989

Who is named Jovanovic

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Jovanovic identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jovanovics

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stjepan Jovanović
Austrian military personnel (1828–1885)
Vladislav Jovanović
Ambassador of Yugoslavia, 1933–2026
Saša Jovanović
Association football player, born 1991
Konstantin Jovanović
Architect (1849-1923)
Aleksandar Jovanović
Australian association football player (1989-)

Notable Jovanovics come mostly from Cisleithania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1) and Serbia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Jovanovich

Jovanovic has the Soundex code J151, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J151.

Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jovanovic come from?: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jovanović.
How common is the surname Jovanovic?: 1,521 people in the United States had the surname Jovanovic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jovanovic?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jovanovic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jovanovic?: Stjepan Jovanović, Austrian military personnel (1828–1885), followed by Vladislav Jovanović.
Where is the surname Jovanovic most common?: Wikidata records people named Jovanovic in Cisleithania, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Jovanovic getting more or less common?: More common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, up 29%.
What are other spellings of Jovanovic?: Jovanovich.