Surname Šumanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šumanović families are almost entirely Croats (from Imotsko ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šumanović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Imotski (10), Split (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Vinkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šumanović (including: Shumanovich , Sumanovic and Sumanovich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Šumanović, Mara Šumanović, Vladimir Šumanović, Vesna Šumanović, Davor Šumanović, Josip Šumanović, Ante Šumanović, Sava Šumanović, Gordan Šumanović, Jozo Šumanović, Jela Šumanović, Slavko Šumanović, Marija Šumanović, Vedran Šumanović, Mirela Šumanović, Mirta Šumanović, Zdravko Šumanović, Miro Šumanović, Anđa Šumanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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