Surname Gjanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjanović families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik area and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Gjanović live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Split (<5), Pobrezje (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Visocani in Dubrovnik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjanović (including: Gjanovic , Gianovich ) is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Niko Gjanović, Nikša Gjanović, Marija Gjanović, Andrija Gjanović, Mladen Gjanović, Vicko Gjanović, Miho Gjanović, Djurdjica Gjanović, Zrinka Gjanović, Mare Gjanović, Stjepo Gjanović, Geraldine Gjanović, Ivan Gjanović, Ivka Gjanović, Ivo Gjanović, Kate Gjanović, Marin Gjanović, Nikola Gjanović, Ruža Gjanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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