Surname Damjanić in modern Croatia

Damjanić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. According to some sources they are from the Island of Ugljan and they maybe originate even from Greece, also often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ogulin area. In Ždrapanj in Skradin every fourth inhabitant had the family name Damjanić.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Damjanić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Vrboska on the Island of Hvar (25), Sibenik (20), Zadar (20), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Sweden (5), Germany (3), the Netherlands (2), Chile (2), Australia (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Damjanić (including: Damjanic , Damianich , Damianic , Damianitsch , Damyanic and Damjanich ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Damjanic " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Damyanic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ružica Damjanić, Zlatko Damjanić, Romeo Damjanić, Siniša Damjanić, Petar Damjanić, Toni Damjanić, Alan Damjanić, Nikola Damjanić, Drago Damjanić, Jakša Damjanić, Vedran Damjanić, Zdenka Damjanić, Nenad Damjanić, Ana Damjanić, Dinko Damjanić, Darko Damjanić, Gordana Damjanić, Antonija Damjanić, Zoran Damjanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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