Surname Fabjanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fabjanović families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Split. In Škrip on the Island of Brac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Fabjanović.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Fabjanović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Split (15), in Supetar (<10) and Bol (<10) on the Island of Brac, Stobrec (<5), and in Skrip on the Island of Brac (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Argentina (1).
Family name Fabjanović (including: Fabjanovic , Fabianowicz ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Fabianowicz " is used by some 300 people in Poland , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đoni Fabjanović, Vinko Fabjanović, Margita Fabjanović, Petar Fabjanović, Jerko Fabjanović, Lucija Fabjanović, Sendi Fabjanović, Franko Fabjanović, Marko Fabjanović, Sretan Fabjanović, Srečko Fabjanović, Valentina Fabjanović, Anči Fabjanović, Đuro Fabjanović, Tonko Fabjanović, Nikša Fabjanović, Marija Fabjanović, Željana Fabjanović, Ivica Fabjanović

Mentions in sources

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

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