Surname Jakovović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jakovović families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Petrinja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Sisak. In Drenovac Banski in Glina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jakovović.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Jakovović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Petrinja (<10), Glina (<10), Karlovac (<10), Dragotina (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jakovović is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Milan Jakovović, Radovan Jakovović, Vlajna Jakovović, Nenad Jakovović, Roberta Jakovović, Ranko Jakovović, Diana Jakovović, Arijana Jakovović, Siniša Jakovović, Lazar Jakovović, Višnja Jakovović, Jana Jakovović, Gordana Jakovović, Slavica Jakovović, Nikola Jakovović, Irena Jakovović, Anita Jakovović, Petar Jakovović, Janko Jakovović

Mentions in sources

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

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