The Jovanovic surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,179 people carried this name — #20,817 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,715 people named Jovanovic live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 553 people named Jovanovic.
Most of them — 467 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 278 people named Jovanovic live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
24 people named Jovanovic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 188 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Jovanovic in American newspapers,
1915–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 505 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jovanovic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Milan Jovanović 1834–1896 · writer -
Stevan Jovanović 1916–1941 · student -
Lois Jovanovič 1947–2018 · researcher -
Pierre Jovanovic 1960– · journalist -
Aleksandar Jovanovic 1971– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 167 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jovanovic.
- Joubert 3,249 · U.S. census
- Joule 124 · U.S. census
- Jourdain 754 · U.S. census
- Jourdan 2,393 · U.S. census
- Jourden 283 · U.S. census
- Journet 292 · U.S. census
- Jove 307 · U.S. census
- Jover 173 · U.S. census
- Jovic 278 · U.S. census
- Jovin 161 · U.S. census
- Joy 12,741 · U.S. census
- Joye 1,186 · U.S. census
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