Surname Goranović in modern Croatia

Goranović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area) and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Gornja Radnja in Bosnian Krajina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Goranović.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Goranović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Tenja (<10), Mirkovci (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Vrbovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Goranović (including: Goranovic , Goranovich ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Goranovic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany. "Goranovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Goranović, Vesna Goranović, Iva Goranović, Anđa Goranović, Slavko Goranović, Saša Goranović, Jasna Goranović, Marica Goranović, Radmila Goranović, Zlatko Goranović, Nikolina Goranović, Bedrija Goranović, Duško Goranović, Pavle Goranović, Jovo Goranović, Nada Goranović, Ruža Goranović, Zoran Goranović, Lidija Goranović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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