Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Јовановић, ) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from '' Jovan'', which is comparable to

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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

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as ''Jovanovic''. So, the last name can be translated as ''John's son'' leading to the English equivalent last name of

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Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Jovanović'' were residents of

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(frequency 1:48), 6.2% of

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(1:327), 3.0% of

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(1:118), 2.1% of

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(1:514) and 1.5% of

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(1:1,614). In

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, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:48) in the following districts:Jovanović surname distribution
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Pomoravlje District The Pomoravlje District (, ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands to the central parts of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 214,536 inhabitants. The administrat ...

(1:27) * 2.

Nišava District The Nišava District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , i ...

(1:27) * 3.

Zaječar District The Zaječar District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , im ...

(1:30) * 4.

Jablanica District The Jablanica District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the southeastern parts of the country. According to the 2022 census, the district has a population of 184,502 inhabitants. The administrative center of the dis ...

(1:30) * 5.

Braničevo District The Braničevo District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 156,367 inhabitants.https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf Braničevo District is named after the vi ...

(1:31) * 6.

Pirot District The Pirot District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , imag ...

(1:31) * 7.

Rasina District The Rasina District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , ima ...

(1:32) * 8.

Toplica District The Toplica District ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Топлички округ, Toplički okrug, ) is an administrative district in southern Serbia, named after the river Toplica. As of the 2022 census, the district has a population of 77,341 inhabitants, ma ...

(1:33) * 9.

Podunavlje District The Podunavlje District (, ) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. The district's name refers to its location by—specifically, to the south of—the Danube river. It expands across the central parts of Serbia. ...

(1:33) * 10.

Šumadija District The Šumadija District (, ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the central parts of the country. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 269,728 inhabitants, and the ad ...

(1:35) * 11.

Bor District The Bor District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image ...

(1:37) * 12.

Mačva District The Mačva District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the western part of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 265,3 ...

(1:41) * 13.

Kolubara District The Kolubara District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It occupies the central part of western Serbia. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 154,497 inhabitants. The administrative center of the Kolubara Distric ...

(1:42) * 14.

Pčinja District The Pčinja District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It occupies the southernmost part of Serbia, bordering Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Sou ...

(1:45) * 15.

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(1:46)

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 Arsenije "Arso" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Арсо Јовановић; 24 March 1907 – 12 August 1948) was a Partisans (Yugoslavia), Yugoslav partisan General officer, general and one of the country's foremost military commanders during World War I ...

(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 Boro Jovanović (21 October 1939 – 19 December 2023) was a Yugoslav and Croatian tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon Championships, 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić, and quarter-finalist in the 196 ...

(born 1939), a former Yugoslav tennis player *

Boyan Jovanovic Boyan Jovanovic is a professor of economics at New York University and a long-term consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Jovanovic, of Serbian descent, received his Bachelor's and master's degrees from the London School of Economi ...

(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 Jovanović (footballer, born 1978), Serbian footballer * Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1988), 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 * Miloš Jovanović, Serbian politician * Nataša Jovanović, Serbian politician * Nataša Jovanović (Serbian politician, born 1967), Serbian politician * Nemanja Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian footballer * Nikola Jovanović (disambiguation), multiple people *

Paja Jovanović Pavle "Paja" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Јовановић; ; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian realist painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: '' The Wounded Montenegrin'' (1882), '' Decorating of the ...

(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 Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch (born November 11, 1958) is a Canadian-American former diplomat and retired senior member of the United States Foreign Service. She served in multiple State Department posts, including Senior Advisor to the Under ...

, US diplomat and figure in

first impeachment of Donald Trump Donald Trump, serving as the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the first time on December 18, 2019. On that date, the House of Representatives adopted two articles of impeachment against Trump: abuse of power and obstru ...

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People

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