Surname Gojanović in modern Croatia

Gojanović families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Gojanović live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Sibenik (55), Zagreb (25), Dubrava kod Sibenika (15), Split (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (2), the United States (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Gojanović (including: Gojanovic , Gajanovic and Galyanovich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Gojanovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Switzerland , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Marin Gojanović, Damir Gojanović, Nevenka Gojanović, Goran Gojanović, Krešimira Gojanović, Katica Gojanović, Darko Gojanović, Vladimir Gojanović, Branko Gojanović, Erik Gojanović, Sanja Gojanović, Jadranko Gojanović, Matilda Gojanović, Mirko Gojanović, Franka Gojanović, Zdravko Gojanović, Milena Gojanović, Anita Gojanović, Ivančica Gojanović

Mentions in sources

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

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