Jovanović
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. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname Jovanović were residents of Montenegro (frequency 1:48), 6.2% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:327), 3.0% of Serbia (1:118), 2.1% of Kosovo (1:514) and 1.5% of Croatia (1:1,614).
In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:48) in the following districts:[2]
- 1. Pomoravlje District (1:27)
- 2. Nišava District (1:27)
- 3. Zaječar District (1:30)
- 4. Jablanica District (1:30)
- 5. Braničevo District (1:31)
- 6. Pirot District (1:31)
- 7. Rasina District (1:32)
- 8. Toplica District (1:33)
- 9. Podunavlje District (1:33)
- 10. Šumadija District (1:35)
- 11. Bor District (1:37)
- 12. Mačva District (1:41)
- 13. Kolubara District (1:42)
- 14. Pčinja District (1:45)
- 15. Belgrade (1:46)
People
- Aleksandar Jovanović (disambiguation), several people
- Ana Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian tennis player
- Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), Serbian photographer
- Arso Jovanović (1907–1948), Montenegrin soldier and Partisan
- Biljana Jovanović (1953–1996), Serbian writer, peace activist and feminist
- Boris Jovanović, Serbian footballer
- Borislav Jovanović (writer), a Montenegrin writer
- Borislav Jovanović (footballer), a Serbian footballer
- Borivoje Jovanović-Brana (1883–1905), Serbian guerrilla
- Boro Jovanović (born 1939), a former Yugoslav tennis player
- Boyan Jovanovic (born 1951), a Serbian-American economist
- Čedomir Jovanović, (born 1971), Serbian politician
- Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), Serbian sculptor
- Dragutin Jovanović-Lune (1892–1932), Serbian guerrilla
- Goran Jovanović (footballer, born 1976), Serbian football player
- Goran Jovanović (footballer, born 1984), Serbian football player
- Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1878–1913), Serbian guerrilla
- Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), Serbian poet
- Ljiljana Jovanović (1930-2012), Serbian actress
- Ljubomir Jovanović (1865–1928), Serbian politician and historian
- Ljubomir S. Jovanović (1877–1913), Serbian guerrilla
- Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1978), Serbian footballer
- Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1989), Serbian footballer
- Mihailo Jovanović (born 1975), Serbian footballer
- Mihailo Jovanović (footballer, born 1989), Serbian footballer
- Mihailo Jovanović (metropolitan) (1826–1898), former Metropolitan of Belgrade
- Milan Jovanović (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nataša Jovanović (Progressive Party politician), Serbian politician
- Nataša Jovanović (Serbian Radical Party politician)
- Nemanja Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian footballer
- Nikola Jovanović (disambiguation), multiple people
- Paja Jovanović (1859–1957), Serbian realist painter
- Sanja Jovanović (born 1986), Croatian swimmer
- Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian prime minister
- Suzana Jovanović, a popular Serbian pop-folk singer
- Toša Jovanović (1846–1893), Serbian actor
- Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement
- Vera Jovanović (born 1947), Serbian politician
- Vesna Jovanovic (born 1976), Serbian-American artist
- Vladimir Jovanović (1833–1922), Serbian political theorist and politician
- Vukašin Jovanović (born 1996), Serbian footballer
- Željko Jovanović (born 1965), Croatian politician of Serbian ethnicity
See also
References
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