What are some Bosnian last names?

Popular Bosnian Last Names

• Alić (Slavic origin) means “son of Ali”.
• Avdić (Greek origin) means “popularity”.
• Babić (Serbian origin) means “grandmother”.
• Bajrić (Czech origin) means “caring”.
• Bašić (Slavic origin) means “chief”.
• Beganović (American origin) means “one who lives in Bosnia”.

Can Bosnians be Muslim?

According to the 2013 census, 50.70\% of Bosnians identified as Muslim, 30.75\% identified as Orthodox Christians, and 15.19\% identified as Roman Catholic Christians. The majority of Muslims are Bosniaks, most Orthodox Christians are Bosnian Serb and Catholic Christians are generally Bosnian Croat.

When did Bosnians become Muslim?

A significant number of people in the former Kingdom of Bosnia converted to Islam after the conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 15th century, giving it a unique character within the Balkan region. It took over one hundred years for Islam to become the majority religion.

Is Bosnia Catholic or Muslim?

Muslims comprise the single largest religious community in Bosnia and Herzegovina (51\%) (the other two large groups being Eastern Orthodox Christians (31\%), almost all of whom identify as Serbs, and Roman Catholics (15\%), almost all of whom identify as Croats.

How do Bosnian names work?

In Bosnia, the family name comes before the personal name (e.g. KAČIĆ Ivan). This naming convention is common across Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. Surnames may have the suffix ‘-ić’. For example, Bosniaks often may have a name with an Islamic or Turkish origin, such as ‘Mustafagić’ (Mustafa).

Is Bosnia a religious country?

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a nation that has several religions, including Islam, Christianity (predoominately Orthodox and Roman Catholic), independent religions, and atheists. There are three predominant ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats.

What is the Bosnian alphabet?

Bosnian Alphabet Bosnian is written with both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. Historically it was written with a version of the Cyrillic alphabet known as Bosnian Cyrillic from the late 10th century. This alphabet was only used in Bosnia.

Where does the last name Novaković come from?

The surname “Novaković” is found in central Bosnia, in Croatia and in Serbia as well. There are slightly more Catholics from Bosnia and Croatia with this surname, rather than Orthodox. However, since her father was an Orthodox Christian, he was probably from Serbia or Montenegro.

Is Bosnia a bad surname for a Muslim?

If you recognised Serbo-Croatian sounding surname and concluded that a Muslim could come from Bosnia as most of Yugoslav Muslims indeed did I would say “not bad for an outsider”. However, from the outside there is also a possibility that the girl came from Serbia where a sizeable Muslim minority exists. Thanks to all.

What happened to Belgrade’s most notorious Muslim convert?

There was a notorious muslim convert from Belgrade who ended up in Syria and ISIS a few years ago. He was a taxi driver who after conversion became terribly extreme muslim. His name was Goran Pavlovic and it seems that he did not change his surname which is typical Serb surname.