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

Ivanović, 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 Ivanović surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ivanović in America

Ivanović is the 54178th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ivanović surname appeared 381 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 Ivanović.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ivanović 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 Ivanović

The surname Ivanovic has its origins in Serbia and other regions of the former Yugoslavia. It is a patronymic surname derived from the personal name Ivan, which is the Slavic version of the name John. The suffix "-ic" or "-ovic" indicates "son of" or "descendant of" in the Slavic languages.

Ivanovic is believed to have originated in the medieval period, possibly as early as the 12th or 13th century, when patronymic surnames became more common among Slavic populations. It is likely that the earliest bearers of this name were descendants or relatives of individuals named Ivan.

The name can be found in historical records and documents from various regions of the Balkans, including Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, and Montenegro. One notable early reference is in the Dubrovnik archives, where an individual named Ivanovic is mentioned in a document dated 1296.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Ivanovic was Mihailo Ivanovic, a Serbian nobleman and military commander who lived in the late 14th century. He played a significant role in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, a pivotal event in Serbian history.

Another prominent bearer of the name was Jovan Ivanovic (c. 1490-1555), a Serbian writer, poet, and diplomat who served as the ambassador of the Serbian Despotate to the Republic of Venice in the early 16th century.

In the 17th century, Nikola Ivanovic (1628-1703) was a Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Skopje and a notable figure in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

During the 19th century, Milovan Ivanovic (1829-1900) was a Serbian painter and one of the pioneers of Serbian realism in art.

More recently, Ana Ivanovic (born 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Serbia who won the French Open in 2008 and was ranked world No. 1 in 2008.

While the Ivanovic surname is most commonly associated with Serbia and the Balkans, it can also be found among individuals of Serbian descent in other parts of the world, particularly in North America and Western Europe, due to migration and diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ivanović

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

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 Ivanović 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 Ivanović 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 Ivanović was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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