Surname Bednjanić in modern Croatia

Bednjanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Selci Križovljanski in Ivanec area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Bednjanić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Bednjanić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Cestica in Ivanec area (15), Rezovac (15), Stari Mikanovci in Djakovo area (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Viskovci in Djakovo area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bednjanić is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Marija Bednjanić, Gabrijela Bednjanić, Josip Bednjanić, Robert Bednjanić, Zlatko Bednjanić, Stanislav Bednjanić, Zdenka Bednjanić, Mario Bednjanić, Hedviga Bednjanić, Marjan Bednjanić, Štefanija Bednjanić, Dean Bednjanić, Jurica Bednjanić, Marina Bednjanić, Mirko Bednjanić, Branko Bednjanić, Nevenka Bednjanić, Rajka Bednjanić, Vladimir Bednjanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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