Surname Gvozdanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gvozdanić families are Croats (from Velika Gorica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica area and in Zagreb. In Gladovec Kravarski in Velika Gorica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gvozdanić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gvozdanić live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Gladovec Kravarski in Velika Gorica area (15), Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (<10), Donji Hrusevec in Velika Gorica area (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gvozdanić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Višnja Gvozdanić, Ivan Gvozdanić, Branko Gvozdanić, Sanjica Gvozdanić, Ivica Gvozdanić, Vlado Gvozdanić, Marica Gvozdanić, Stjepan Gvozdanić, Jana Gvozdanić, Ivana Gvozdanić, Josip Gvozdanić, Gordana Gvozdanić, Danijela Gvozdanić, Daniel Gvozdanić, Ana Gvozdanić, Jaga Gvozdanić, Barbara Gvozdanić, Slavica Gvozdanić, Franjo Gvozdanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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