In Croatia, Janaković families are generally Croats (from Duga Resa area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Zagreb. In Kunići Ribnički in Duga Resa area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Janaković.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Janaković live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Karlovac (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Culibrki in Duga Resa area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.