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. It is spelled in Austria as Jovanovic . 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).[citation needed ]
In Serbia , the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:48) in the following districts:[ 2]
People
Aleksandar Jovanović (disambiguation) , several people
Ana Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian tennis player
Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), Serbian photographer
Anđelko Jovanović , Montenegrin footballer
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
Branislav Jovanović , Serbian footballer
Čedomir Jovanović , (born 1971), Serbian politician
Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), Serbian sculptor
Dragan Jovanović (disambiguation) , several people
Dragutin Jovanović-Lune (1892–1932), Serbian guerrilla
Dušan Jovanović (disambiguation) , several people
Goran Jovanović (footballer, born 1977) , Serbian football player
Goran Jovanović (football coach) , Serbian football player
Igor Jovanović , Croatian born footballer
Ivan Jovanović (disambiguation) , several people
Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1878–1913), Serbian guerrilla
Jovan Jovanović (disambiguation) , several people
Ljiljana Jovanović (1930–2012), Serbian actress
Ljubomir Jovanović (1865–1928), Serbian politician and historian
Ljubomir S. Jovanović (1877–1913), Serbian guerrilla
Marko Jovanovic (basketball player, born 1999), Serbian basketball player
Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1978) , Serbian footballer
Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1988) , Serbian footballer
Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1989) , Serbian footballer
Mateja Jovanović , Serbian basketball player
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
Miloš Jovanović , Serbian politician
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 (politician) (1833–1922), Serbian political theorist and politician
Vukašin Jovanović (born 1996), Serbian footballer
Željko Jovanović (disambiguation) , multiple people
Zlatko Jovanović , Bosnian basketball player
Marie Yovanovitch , US diplomat and figure in first impeachment of Donald Trump
References
Surnames associated with the given name
John Celtic Germanic Romance East/West Slavic South Slavic Other