Find out how popular the last name Dervisevic is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dervisevic.

Dervisevic, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dervisevic surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dervisevic in America

Dervisevic is the 42511th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dervisevic surname appeared 510 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dervisevic.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dervisevic to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dervisevic

The surname Dervisevic has its origins in the Balkans, specifically in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is derived from the Turkish word "derviş," which means a member of a Sufi Muslim religious order. The suffix "-evic" is a Slavic patronymic, indicating that the name refers to the son or descendant of a dervish.

The name likely emerged during the Ottoman rule over the Balkans, which lasted from the 15th to the 19th century. During this period, many Slavic Muslims adopted Turkish names or had their names Turkified. The earliest recorded instances of the name Dervisevic can be found in Ottoman census records and tax registers from the 16th and 17th centuries.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Dervisevic was Mustafa Dervisevic, a prominent Ottoman diplomat and translator who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He played a crucial role in facilitating communication between the Ottoman Empire and European powers.

In the 18th century, the name Dervisevic can be found in various records from the Bosnian region. One notable figure was Osman Dervisevic, a wealthy landowner and military commander who fought against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.

During the 19th century, as the Ottoman Empire's influence in the Balkans waned, the Dervisevic family became more prominent in the nascent Bosnian nationalist movement. Ahmed Dervisevic was a respected scholar and writer who advocated for the preservation of Bosnian cultural heritage and the promotion of the Bosnian language.

In the early 20th century, Mehmed Dervisevic was a prominent politician and one of the founders of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization, which sought to protect the rights of Bosnian Muslims within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Over the centuries, variations of the name have emerged, such as Derviševic, Dervišević, and Dervišagić, reflecting regional differences in spelling and pronunciation. However, the core meaning and origin of the name remain consistent, tracing back to the Sufi dervish orders that had a significant influence in the Balkans during the Ottoman era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dervisevic

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dervisevic.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dervisevic was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dervisevic has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dervisevic was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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