Veljković
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: DZS, 2021
/ʋe˨˦ʎkoʋitɕ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Veljković is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country, where it is the 96th most common surname.
- RSSerbia≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- MKNorth Macedonia≈1 in 27K
- HRCroatia1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Serbia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 86 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,600 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Serbia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Veljkovic in FR France, DE Germany, CH Switzerland and 1 more and Вељковиќ in MK North Macedonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a surname originating as a patronymic
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Veljković counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Serbia | #96 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Veljković | 56 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 222 | 1 in 38K | 222 | Veljkovic | 13 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Veljkovic | 26 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 577K | — | Veljkovic | 50 |
| FR France | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 502K | 17 | Veljkovic | 82 |
| HR Croatia | — | 128 | 1 in 33K | 130 | Veljković | 16 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Вељковиќ | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Snežana Veljkovićb. 1946RSSerbian physician
- Nataša Veljkovićb. 1968RSSerbian pianist
- Dejan Veljkovićb. 1970RSSerbian association football player
- Marija Veljković Milovanovićb. 1980RSSerbian television presenter (*1980) ♀
- Stefana Veljkovićb. 1990RSSerbian volleyball player
- Miloš Veljkovićb. 1995RSSerbian-Swiss association football player
- Milenko Veljkovićb. 1995RSSerbian basketball player (born 1995)
- Božidar VeljkovićSIresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 130 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 128 | #6,380 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Veljković mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Veljković?
- A machine transcription gives /ʋe˨˦ʎkoʋitɕ/ (IPA) for Croatian.
- In which country does Veljković have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.6 thousand people named Veljković in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled veljković.
- How common is the name Veljković?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 222 people named Veljković in 2024, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.
- How common is Veljković compared with other names?
- In Serbia, Veljković is the 96th most common surname of 45,065 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Veljković?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/veljkovi%C4%87The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Veljković” — the 96th most common surname in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.