Surname Banjanac in modern Croatia

Banjanac families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina , but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Glina. In Kozaperovica in Glina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Banjanac.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Banjanac live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Kozaperovica (<10), in Ljeskovac (<10), Dvor (<10) and Gornja Oraovica (<10) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area, and in Beli Manastir (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Banjanac is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Mihailo Banjanac, Darinka Banjanac, Vladimir Banjanac, Tanja Banjanac, Milovan Banjanac, Goran Banjanac, Mirjana Banjanac, Ljubiša Banjanac, Milan Banjanac, Milka Banjanac, Voislav Banjanac, Mihajlo Banjanac, Nenad Banjanac, Ljuban Banjanac, Marica Banjanac, Josipa Banjanac, Dragiša Banjanac, Predrag Banjanac, Milica Banjanac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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