Knežević (Serbian: Кнежевић) is a Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Bosnian surname, derived from the title of knez. It may refer to:
Knežević is the eighth most frequent surname in Croatia.[1]
The anglicized version of this name, are Knezevich, Knezevic, or Knesevich as typically seen in the United States. The Polish variant is Kniaziewicz.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 45.4% of all known bearers of the surname Knežević were residents of Serbia (frequency 1:385), 23.6% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:367), 21.6% of Croatia (1:479) and 8.8% of Montenegro (1:174).
In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:385) in the following districts:
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:367) only in Republika Srpska (1:262).
In Croatia, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:479) in the following counties:[2]
Notable people
- Dario Knežević, Croatian footballer
- Duško Knežević, Montenegrin businessman
- Goran Knežević, Serbian politician, former mayor of Zrenjanin
- Ivan Knežević, Montenegrin footballer
- Ivana Knežević, Miss Montenegro 2006
- Josip Knežević, Croatian footballer
- Nenad Knežević "Knez", Montenegrin singer
- Ksenija Knežević, Serbian-Montenegrin singer
- Milan Knežević, Montenegrin Serb politician
- Milan Knežević, Serbian politician
- Milena Knežević, Montenegrin handballer
- Milorad Knežević, Serbian chess grandmaster
- Miodrag Knežević, Yugoslav and Serbian footballer
- Nikola Knežević, Serbian footballer
- Nikolina Knežević (handballer)
- Nikolina Knežević (basketball)
- Srđa Knežević, Serbian footballer
- Stevan Knežević, Serbian painter and sculptor
- Stevan Knežević, graphic designer
- Uroš Knežević, Serbian painter
- Vinko Knežević (1755–1832), Austrian general of the Napoleonic Wars
- Zlatko M. Knežević, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Zoran Knežević, several people
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