Surname Dejanović in modern Croatia

Dejanović families are generally Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Bihac area) and in Zagreb. In places Veliki Skočaj and Međudražje in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Dejanović.

Prevalence

About 840 people with faimily name Dejanović live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 620 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 101 other places, mostly in Zagreb (240), Rijeka (55), Karlovac (45), Sisak (25), and in Samobor (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Switzerland (4), Australia (4), Austria (3), the United States (2), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Dejanović (including: Dejanovic , Dejanovich and Deyanovich ) is present in 19 countries on three continents. The family name "Dejanovic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Dejanovich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Dejanović, Ljubica Dejanović, Renata Dejanović, Igor Dejanović, Marko Dejanović, Radoslav Dejanović, Goran Dejanović, Jasminka Dejanović, Vladimir Dejanović, Ivica Dejanović, Dejan Dejanović, Luka Dejanović, Branka Dejanović, Zora Dejanović, Zlatko Dejanović, Brankica Dejanović, Slobodan Dejanović, Božena Dejanović, Franjo Dejanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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