This article discusses how Serbia was mostly created as an ethnicity and nation by deceiving history by assimilating Albanian populations, mainly the Arbnore (Arbereshe) populations from Montenegro to today’s Šumadija, which was the cornerstone of today’s Serbia, also by Slavizing Romanianized populations like the Vlachs.
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False: “The old Serbian family Beriša accepted Islam in this village at the beginning of the 19th century. In Priština in 1845, two Serbs with the nickname Lukarci were recorded.”
True: Lukarci is not a Slavic name. Berisha is a well-established Albanian fis (tribal clan) with no documented pre-Ottoman Slavic connection; its etymology and genealogies are internal to Albanian oral and written tradition. Ottoman and early Serbian cadastral records from the 19th century occasionally applied Slavicized orthographies to non-Slavic names for administrative purposes, a common imperial practice across the Balkans.
Context
Here we are talking about the Berisha tribes from Llukar, 2-3 km from Prishtina, who neither in history nor in genetics have ever had any connection with Slavic populations, as well as the neighboring village of Llukar, Makofc, which is mainly inhabited by families of the Krasniq tribe, who have absolutely no connection with the Slavs, as claimed by today’s Serbia with a falsified history.
The so-called Serbs assimilated from the Arberesh (Arberoret) and the Romanianized Vllase, where the leaders of the Serbian radicals Aleksandar Vučić and Vojislav Šešelj are also part of this group. I am giving some Arber surnames assimilated from the Arberesh (Arbanas) to the ancestors of Albanians whose surnames are related to today’s Albanians.
- Pala – Paljič
- Duka – Dukič
- Dina – Dinič
- Gjura – Djurič – Djuraškovič
- Gjuka – Đukič – Đokovič – Đukanovič
- Peraj – Perovič
- Lulaj – Lulič
- Prelaj – Preljevič
- Lumbardhi – Lubarda
- Nika – Nikič – Nikolič
- Gjeka – Đekič
- Kola – Količ
- John – Djonovič
- Gjenič – Đenič
- Luka – Lukič
- Vula – Vulič
- Pepa – Pepič
- Miri – Mirič
- Bushi – Bušič
- Deda – Dedič
- Tabaku – Tabakovič
- Tolaj – Tolič
- Bullatovci – Bulatovič
- Pllana – Planič
- Shoshi – Šoškič
- Something – Dikič
- Topi – Topič
- Vuka – Vukič – Vukotič – Vukovič
- Dema – Demič – Demovič
- Dashi – Dašič
- Gashi – Gašič – Gaševič
- Krasniqi – Krasnič
- Sopi – Sopič
- Hoti – Hotič
- Berisha – Barišič
- Shala – Šaljič
- Mani – Manič
- Thaçi – Tačič
- Sopa – Sopič
- Kelmendi – Klimentič
These are some of the surnames assimilated into Serbian, the number of which reaches hundreds of times, which would require a book to write.
References
Bogišić, Valtazar. 1878. Pravni običaji u Crnoj Gori. Zagreb: Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. (Discusses ethnic and religious classifications in Montenegro, including Orthodox populations identified as Serbs despite mixed tribal origins.)
Elsie, Robert. 2011. Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. (Provides entries on Albanian tribes and historical presence in Kosovo and border regions, including name adaptations under Serbian/Ottoman administration.)
Hammel, Eugene A. 2002. “The Migration of Serbs and Albanians within and between the Two States of Serbia and Albania, 1700–1990.” Working Paper. Berkeley: Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of California. (Examines bidirectional migrations and identity shifts between Serbian and Albanian populations in border zones.)
Malcolm, Noel. 1998. Kosovo: A Short History. New York: New York University Press. (Discusses medieval and early modern Albanian tribal presence in Montenegro/Kosovo, gradual assimilation processes in some clans under Orthodox influence, and contested ethnic narratives.)
Milojević, Miloje. 1872–1878. Putopis dela Srbije. Belgrade: Državna štamparija. (19th-century Serbian ethnographic accounts that sometimes reclassify or note name adaptations for non-Slavic populations in newly incorporated territories.)
Noel Malcolm. 1994. Bosnia: A Short History. New York: New York University Press. (Touches on Vlach pastoralist communities and their integration into South Slavic societies across the Balkans.)
Popović, Atanasie. Various works on Vlachs in eastern Serbia (cited in secondary literature on Timok Valley Romanian-speaking groups). (Promotes views of Vlach origins and assimilation pressures.)
Vickers, Miranda. 1998. Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo. New York: Columbia University Press. (Explicitly notes assimilation of Albanian tribes such as Kuči, Bjellopavlići, Palabardha, and others in Montenegro into Orthodox/Serbian identity, with retreats of resisters to highlands; discusses name changes and baptismal practices in Kosovo border areas.)
Zeqiri, Xhemil. 2025. “The Case of Malësia and Albanians in Serbia: Reconstruction of National Identities in the Balkans.” Diplomacia (online journal). (Argues for directed ethnogenesis and assimilation policies affecting Albanian-rooted groups in Montenegro and Serbia.)
Balkan Academia articles (various dates, 2024–2026), including pieces on Montenegrin identity as Slavicized Albanian tribes and assimilation in Plav/Guci/Sanxhak. Examples: “Montenegro Was Albanian and the Montenegrin Identity Was Created Much Later” (March 14, 2026); “The Assimilation of Albanians in Plav, Guci and Sanxhak” (March 5, 2026).
Various Albanian-language historical compilations on Ottoman/Serbian records and atrocities, often referencing 19th-century statistics and clan reclassifications (e.g., documents citing Berisha families in Pristina region).
For Vlach assimilation specifically: Wikipedia contributors. 2026. “Vlachs of Serbia.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. (Summarizes 18th–19th century migrations of Romanian-speaking Vlachs into eastern Serbia and ongoing debates over assimilation vs. distinct identity; cites Romanian and Serbian ethnographic sources.)
Fine, John V. A. 1994. The Late Medieval Balkans. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Ćirković, Sima. 2004. The Serbs. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Genetic/linguistic studies on Balkan populations (e.g., Y-DNA analyses showing mixed Slavic and Paleo-Balkan markers).
