Surname Dekanić in modern Croatia

Dekanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vinkovci area. In Kerestinec in Samobor area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Dekanić.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Dekanić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Rokovci in Vinkovci area (65), Rijeka (25), Andrijasevci in Vinkovci area (20), and in Bregana (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (5), France (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Dekanić (including: Dekanic , Dekanich and Dekanick ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Dekanic " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Dekanich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Dekanick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrea Dekanić, Emil Dekanić, Zorko Dekanić, Stjepan Dekanić, Marija Dekanić, Igor Dekanić, Anna Dekanić, Dorian Dekanić, Vedran Dekanić, Maja Dekanić, Nena Dekanić, Tihana Dekanić, Zoran Dekanić, Damir Dekanić, Sandra Dekanić, Biserka Dekanić, Davor Dekanić, Ana Dekanić, Slavica Dekanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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