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]
The anglicized version of this name, are Knezevich, Knezevic, or Knesevich as typically seen in the United States. The Polish variant is Kniaziewicz.
Geographical distribution
editAs of 2014, 45.4% of all known bearers of the surname Knežević were residents of Serbia (frequency 1:385), 23.6% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:367), 21.6% of Croatia (1:479) and 8.8% of Montenegro (1:174).
In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:385) in the following districts:
- 1. Srem District (1:192)
- 2. Zlatibor District (1:221)
- 3. South Bačka District (1:223)
- 4. West Bačka District (1:233)
- 5. Central Banat District (1:252)
- 6. Rasina District (1:261)
- 7. Belgrade (1:294)
- 8. North Banat District (1:298)
- 9. Mačva District (1:306)
- 10. South Banat District (1:350)
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:367) only in Republika Srpska (1:262).
In Croatia, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:479) in the following counties:[2]
- 1. Zadar County (1:172)
- 2. Virovitica-Podravina County (1:188)
- 3. Šibenik-Knin County (1:201)
- 4. Brod-Posavina County (1:234)
- 5. Požega-Slavonia County (1:252)
- 6. Vukovar-Srijem County (1:259)
- 7. Osijek-Baranja County (1:294)
- 8. Lika-Senj County (1:324)
- 9. Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (1:389)
- 10. Sisak-Moslavina County (1:425)
- 11. Bjelovar-Bilogora County (1:469)
Notable people
edit- Dario Knežević, Croatian footballer
- Duško Knežević, Montenegrin businessman
- Goran Knežević, Serbian politician, former mayor of Zrenjanin
- Ivan Knežević, Montenegrin footballer
- Ivana Knežević, Miss Montenegro 2006
- Josip Knežević, Croatian footballer
- Nenad Knežević "Knez", Montenegrin singer
- Ksenija Knežević, Serbian-Montenegrin singer
- Milan Knežević, Montenegrin Serb politician
- Milan Knežević, Serbian politician
- Milena Knežević, Montenegrin handballer
- Milorad Knežević, Serbian chess grandmaster
- Miodrag Knežević, Yugoslav and Serbian footballer
- Nikola Knežević, Serbian footballer
- Nikolina Knežević (handballer)
- Nikolina Knežević (basketball)
- Srđa Knežević, Serbian footballer
- Stevan Knežević, Serbian painter and sculptor
- Stevan Knežević, graphic designer
- Uroš Knežević, Serbian painter
- Vinko Knežević (1755–1832), Austrian general of the Napoleonic Wars
- Zlatko M. Knežević, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Zoran Knežević, several people
References
edit- ^ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Knežević surname distribution
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