Surname Germanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Germanović families are predominantly Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Šagovina Mašićka in Nova Gradiska area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Germanović.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Germanović live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), Matulji in Opatija area (<5), Praputnjak (<5), and in Kastav (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Germanović (including: Germanovich , Germanovic , Germanovych and Germanowicz ) is present in 22 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Germanović, Predrag Germanović, Ana Germanović, Marko Germanović, Dragan Germanović, Jadranka Germanović, Gordana Germanović, Srđan Germanović, Sanja Germanović, Stevo Germanović, Marica Germanović, Jovan Germanović, Milan Germanović, Mitra Germanović, Draginja Germanović, Dušan Germanović, Marija Germanović, Kata Germanović, Savka Germanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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