Surname Gnjatović in modern Croatia

Gnjatović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac , whereas often Croats (from Obrovac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac and Zagreb. In Mačkovo Selo in Petrinja every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gnjatović.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Gnjatović live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Rijeka (15), Zadar (15), Ogulin (10), and in Sisak (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Sweden (3), the Netherlands (2), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Gnjatović is present in 10 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Ida Gnjatović, Danica Gnjatović, Dejan Gnjatović, Predrag Gnjatović, Aleksandar Gnjatović, Nenad Gnjatović, Katarina Gnjatović, Jadranko Gnjatović, Iva Gnjatović, Mile Gnjatović, Hatidža Gnjatović, Živko Gnjatović, Zdravko Gnjatović, Željko Gnjatović, Ljubica Gnjatović, Nevenka Gnjatović, Dino Gnjatović, Branka Gnjatović, Radovan Gnjatović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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