Surname Jančo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jančo families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Slovaks (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Jančo live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Djakovo (<10), Bracevci in Djakovo area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Punitovci in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jančo (including: Janco , Yanco , Jancco , Ianco , Jancko , Yancho , Jancho , Jancso , Jancio and Janzzo ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Janco " is used by some 2000 people in Bolivia , about 900 in the United States , and some 800 people in Slovakia. "Jancho " is used by few people in the United States. "Janzzo " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nina Jančo, Pavo Jančo, Goran Jančo, Miroslav Jančo, Danijel Jančo, Darko Jančo, Ivan Jančo, Stjepan Jančo, Silvija Jančo, Ivana Jančo, Anita Jančo, Ivica Jančo, Kristijan Jančo, Franjo Jančo, Andrija Jančo, Marija Jančo, Štefica Jančo, Ladislav Jančo, Štefa Jančo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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