Bjelanović families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Bosnian Krajina ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area).
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Bjelanović live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Zadar (20), in Djevrske (20) and Kistanje (20) in Knin area, and in Rijeka (15).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (1). Family name Bjelanović (including: Bjelanovic , Bielanowicz ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Bjelanovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
