Surname Španović in modern Croatia

Španović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Nasice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Duga Resa area. In Gornji Žirovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Španović.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Španović live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Borovo in Vukovar area (20), Krstinja in Duga Resa area (20), Sisak (15), and in Nova Gradiska (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Španović (including: Spanovich , Spanovic , Shpanovich and Spanowicz ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Spanovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Spanovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Španović, Đurđa Španović, Slobodan Španović, Milli Španović, Lidija Španović, Dejan Španović, Zoran Španović, Srđan Španović, Davor Španović, Nataly Španović, Goran Španović, Radivoj Španović, Milenka Španović, Vlado Španović, Mirjana Španović, Mario Španović, Ivica Španović, Dalibor Španović, Marina Španović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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