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Surname Jakovljević in modern Croatia
Jakovljević families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Drnis area and Ukrajine, rarely Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area). In places Seoci , Cvitović and Vitovlje in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jakovljević.
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Prevalence
About 1900 people with faimily name Jakovljević live in Croatia today, in 800 households. There were 790 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 80 cities and 217 other places, mostly in Zagreb (310), Sesvete (65), Rijeka (65), Sibenik (55), and in Borovo in Vukovar area (40).
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Outside Croatia
At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Canada (3), Australia (2), Switzerland (2), Austria (1), South Africa (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Jakovljević (including: Jakovljevic , Jakowljewitsch and Jakovlievic ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Jakovljevic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria.
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Characteristic first names
Žarko Jakovljević,
Mila Jakovljević,
Robert Jakovljević,
Nada Jakovljević,
Gordana Jakovljević,
Miro Jakovljević,
Daniel Jakovljević,
Marinko Jakovljević,
Suzana Jakovljević,
Krunoslav Jakovljević,
Dinko Jakovljević,
Jasna Jakovljević,
Igor Jakovljević,
Ivo Jakovljević,
Nenad Jakovljević,
Goran Jakovljević,
Alen Jakovljević,
Silvana Jakovljević,
Keziban Jakovljević
