Surname Janečić in modern Croatia

Janečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Slatina area. In Grabić in Slatina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Janečić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Janečić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Slatina (20), Susobreg in Zlatar area (15), Zagreb (10), Donja Lomnica (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Janečić is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Janečić, Zvonko Janečić, Bernarda Janečić, Željko Janečić, Ljilja Janečić, Mijo Janečić, Vladimir Janečić, Silvija Janečić, Jadranka Janečić, Helena Janečić, Biljana Janečić, Maja Janečić, Mateja Janečić, Vjekoslav Janečić, Mladen Janečić, Ivan Janečić, Josip Janečić, Igor Janečić, Slaven Janečić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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