Surname Deanović in modern Croatia

Deanović families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Nova Gradiska. In Visoće in Ozalj area every third inhabitant had the family name Deanović.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Deanović live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Gornja Bebrina in Slavonski Brod area (20), Greda Sunjska in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), Visoce in Ozalj area (<10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Deanović (including: Deanovic , Deanovich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Deanovic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Deanovich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Margita Deanović, Ilija Deanović, Josip Deanović, Igor Deanović, Željko Deanović, Živan Deanović, Mirko Deanović, Stjepan Deanović, Ivan Deanović, Dalibor Deanović, Zdravko Deanović, Ana Deanović, Davor Deanović, Hrvoje Deanović, Vlado Deanović, Saša Deanović, Nikola Deanović, Iva Deanović, Albina Deanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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