How common is the surname Knezevic?

561 people in the United States had the surname Knezevic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. It ranked 39,212th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knezevic?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knezevic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knezevic?

Žarko Knežević, basketball player (1947-2020), followed by Antun Knežević.

Where is the surname Knezevic most common?

Wikidata records people named Knezevic in Montenegro.

Is the surname Knezevic getting more or less common?

More common. 471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 561 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Knezevic

A Serbo-Croatian patronymic surname, carried by 561 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K521

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knezevic is more common than 75.8% of them.

Origin

Serbo-Croatian origin

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

Knezevic is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 561 people named Knezevic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 471.

#39,212

rank among US surnames

561

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+19.1%

change since 2000 (was #43,232)

Who is named Knezevic

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

97% of people named Knezevic identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knezevics

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Knezevich

Knezevic has the Soundex code K521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K521.

Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Knezevic come from?: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Knežević (meaning "son of a prince"), from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь.
How common is the surname Knezevic?: 561 people in the United States had the surname Knezevic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. It ranked 39,212th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knezevic?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Knezevic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knezevic?: Žarko Knežević, basketball player (1947-2020), followed by Antun Knežević.
Where is the surname Knezevic most common?: Wikidata records people named Knezevic in Montenegro.
What type of surname is Knezevic?: Knezevic is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Knezevic getting more or less common?: More common. 471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 561 in 2010, up 19%.
What are other spellings of Knezevic?: Knezevich.