Surname Janeš in modern Croatia

Janeš families are Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Zagreb. In places Donji Žagari , Gerovo and Mandli in Cabar every sixth inhabitant had the family name Janeš.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Janeš live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 710 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Gerovo (55), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (50), Rijeka (40), and in Delnice (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (14), Germany (5), the United States (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Janeš (including: Janes , Yanes , Ianes , Janesch , Janesh , Yanesh , Janess , Janesz , Janees and Yaness ) is present in 107 countries worldwide. The family name "Janes " is used by some 30000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Canada , and some 6000 people in Brazil. "Janesh " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Oman. "Yanesh " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Janeš, Sanja Janeš, Vladimir Janeš, Josip Janeš, Dalibor Janeš, Lidija Janeš, Jasenka Janeš, Ferdo Janeš, Marijan Janeš, Branimir Janeš, Zlatan Janeš, Branko Janeš, Ljubomir Janeš, Melita Janeš, Kruno Janeš, Dijana Janeš, Martina Janeš, Zvonko Janeš, Gordan Janeš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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