Jovanović (, ) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. It is spelled in Austria as Jovanovic. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname Jovanović were residents of Montenegro (frequency 1:48), 6.2% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:327), 3.0% of Serbia (1:118), 2.1% of Kosovo (1:514) and 1.5% of Croatia (1:1,614). In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:48) in the following districts: 1. Pomoravlje District (1:27) 2. Nišava District (1:27) 3. Zaječar District (1:30) 4. Jablanica District (1:30) 5. Braničevo District (1:31) 6. Pirot District (1:31) 7. Rasina District (1:32) 8. Toplica District (1:33) 9. Podunavlje District (1:33) 10. Šumadija District (1:35) 11. Bor District (1:37) 12. Mačva District (1:41) 13. Kolubara District (1:42) 14. Pčinja District (1:45) 15. Belgrade (1:46) People Aleksandar Jovanović (disambiguation), several people Ana Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian tennis player Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), Serbian photographer Anđelko Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer Arso Jovanović (1907–1948), Montenegrin soldier and Partisan Biljana Jovanović (1953–1996), Serbian writer, peace activist and feminist Boris Jovanović, Serbian footballer Borislav Jovanović (writer), a Montenegrin writer Borislav Jovanović (footballer), a Serbian footballer Borivoje Jovanović-Brana (1883–1905), Serbian guerrilla Boro Jovanović (born 1939), a former Yugoslav tennis player Boyan Jovanovic (born 1951), a Serbian-American economist Branislav Jovanović, Serbian footballer Čedomir Jovanović, (born 1971), Serbian politician Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), Serbian sculptor Dragan Jovanović (disambiguation), several people Dragutin Jovanović-Lune (1892–1932), Serbian guerrilla Dušan Jovanović (disambiguation), several people Goran Jovanović (footballer, born 1977), Serbian football player Goran Jovanović (football coach), Serbian football player Igor Jovanović, Croatian born footballer Ivan Jovanović (disambiguation), several people Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1878–1913), Serbian guerrilla Jovan Jovanović (disambiguation), several people Ljiljana Jovanović (1930-2012), Serbian actress Ljubomir Jovanović (1865–1928), Serbian politician and historian Ljubomir S. Jovanović (1877–1913), Serbian guerrilla Marko Jovanovic (basketball player, born 1999), Serbian basketball player Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1978), Serbian footballer Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1988), Serbian footballer Marko Jovanović (footballer, born 1989), Serbian footballer Mateja Jovanović, Serbian basketball player Mihailo Jovanović (born 1975), Serbian footballer Mihailo Jovanović (footballer, born 1989), Serbian footballer Mihailo Jovanović (metropolitan) (1826–1898), former Metropolitan of Belgrade Milan Jovanović (disambiguation), multiple people Miloš Jovanović,