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This Wikipedia page lists surnames of Serbian origin.
Serbian surnames as used today were first standardized in Principality of Serbia during 1851 and on the census of 1854, the population was recorded by their fixed surnames for the first time. Surnames were mostly formed as patronymics (or in some cases matronymics) derived from names of at the time eldest living heads of households rather than ...
Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовановић, pronounced [jǒʋanoʋitɕ, joʋǎː-]) is the most common Serbian surname. [1] It derives from Jovan , which is comparable to John in English . The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's .
Đoković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђоковић, pronounced [dʑôːkoʋitɕ]; also transliterated Djokovic or Djokovich) is a Serbian surname, derived from the male given name Đoka (Ђока)/Đoko (Ђоко)", itself a diminutive of the name Đorđe (Ђорђе; George in English). Notable people with the surname include:
Knežević (Serbian: Кнежевић) is a Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Bosnian surname, derived from the title of knez. It may refer to: House of Knežević, Croatian noble family; Knežević is the eighth most frequent surname in Croatia. [1]
Đorđe Branković (1645–1711), in his Chronicles, wrote: "The Serbian name comes from the Savromat name, as Philipp Melanchthon testifies... According to a second version the Serbian name comes from the Sires people who used to live in the Asian part of Scythia. Among the Sires, wool grew in the same way as silk". [23]
Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђевић, pronounced [d͡ʑɔ̝̌ːrd͡ʑe̞vit͡ɕ]; also transliterated Djordjevic) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name Đorđe ("George", from Ancient Greek Georgios meaning "farmer").
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