# Knezevic (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/knezevic/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Serbo-Croatian |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 561 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,212 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 550,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (471 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Knezevich |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Knežević (meaning "son of a prince"), from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Knezevic in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Knezevic in Montenegro.

## People named Knezevic

- Žarko Knežević, basketball player (1947-2020)
- Antun Knežević, Bosnian writer (1834-1889)

## Similar surnames

Kingsbury.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.