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Kovač, meaning "blacksmith" in South Slavic languages, is a common surname in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia.
Marković is a common family name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. It is a patronym of Marko, the local variant of the common European name "Marcus" or "Mark".
Babić is a Croatian, Bosniak and Serbian family name. It is the 3rd most frequent surname in Croatia and is derived from the common Slavic word for grandmother or old woman: baba.
Nikolić, meaning "son of Nikola", is a common South Slavic surname and is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. Nikolić is the third most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 6,353 carriers.
Popović or Popovytch or Popovich or Popovitch is a common Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Romanian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning son of a priest.
Nikola is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries, while in West Slavic countries it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu.
Janković is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from Janko. It is found in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Notable people with the surname include:
Ivanović, also transliterated as Ivanovich or Ivanovitch) is a South Slavic surname, a patronymic derived from Ivan. It is a Slavic equivalent of Johnson. It is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. It may refer to the following notable people:
Knežević is a Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Bosnian surname, derived from the title of knez. It may refer to:
Hodžić is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. It is derived from the word hodža, meaning "master/lord", itself a Turkish loanword (hoca) of ultimately Persian origin (khawaja). Its literal meanings are "little hodža" or "son of the hodža".
Martinović is a patronymic surname meaning 'son of Martin', and is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. Its Hungarian form is Martinovics.
Božić is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The spelling Božič is found in Slovenia. It is derived from the name Božo.
Damjanović is a Serbian and Croatian surname. It may refer to:
Mirko is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin.
Pešić or Pesic is a Serbian surname.
Željko, sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name.
Tomić is a common family name found in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is sometimes transliterated as Tomic or Tomich outside these areas.
Vuković is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, of which bearers are either Bosniaks, Croats, Montenegrins or Serbs, as well as medieval families long before idea of national identity ever appeared.
Bjelica is a Serbian and Montenegrin surname, mostly found in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to a lesser extent in Croatia. The surname is derived from the historical clan region of Bjelice, in Old Montenegro. Émigrés from Bjelice, in order to preserve their origin, adopted the tribal name as surname instead of their own original family or brotherhood surname; this took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. The vast majority of bearers of the surname are Eastern Orthodox and declare as ethnic Serbs and Montenegrins, although there are some Muslims (Bosniaks) and Catholics (Croats) with the surname. Most of the Orthodox maintain the tradition of slava of St. John the Baptist (Jovanjdan) - other slavas are present as well.
Đurković is a surname of Serbo-Croatian language origin. Notable people with the surname include:
