Surname Antunović in modern Croatia

Antunović families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area). In Kozica in Vrgorac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Antunović.

Prevalence

About 2700 people with faimily name Antunović live in Croatia today, in 1100 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 84 cities and 274 other places, mostly in Zagreb (520), Split (140), Sesvete (105), Makarska (90), and in Osijek (90).

Outside Croatia

At least 54 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (23), Switzerland (7), Austria (6), New Zealand (5), Australia (5), the United States (2), Chile (1), Argentina (1), France (1), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Antunović (including: Antunovic , Antunovich ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Antunovich " is used by some 80 people in New Zealand , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Željka Antunović, Mladen Antunović, Boris Antunović, Tonči Antunović, Goranka Antunović, Slavko Antunović, Branka Antunović, Željko Antunović, Jure Antunović, Tomislav Antunović, Viktorija Antunović, Pero Antunović, Zvonko Antunović, Tihomir Antunović, Sanda Antunović, Romea Antunović, Darijo Antunović, Nedeljko Antunović, Branko Antunović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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