Surname Baranja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Baranja families are generally Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), very rarely Roms (also from Beli Manastir area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Baranja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Knezevo in Beli Manastir area (<10), Gornji Kucan (<5), and in Vrhi Pregradski (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Baranja (including: Baranya , Barania and Bharanya ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Baranja " is used by small number of people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Baranja, Dejana Baranja, Kristijan Baranja, Danijel Baranja, Goran Baranja, Damir Baranja, Dubravka Baranja, Tomislava Baranja, Štefan Baranja, Eduard Baranja, Olja Baranja, Rene Baranja, Mario Baranja, Tomo Baranja, Božena Baranja, Vera Baranja, Ivan Baranja, Jadranka Baranja, Milica Baranja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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