Surname Janež in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Janež families are Croats (from Cabar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Cabar. In Parg in Cabar every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Janež.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Janež live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Vukanovec in Cakovec area (<10), Parg (<10), Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), and in Trsce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Janež (including: Yanez , Ianez , Janez , Jannez and Yannez ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Janez " is used by some 60 people in France and about 50 in the United States. "Yanez " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Mexico , and some 1000 people in Spain.

Characteristic first names

Tanja Janež, Ivana Janež, Stanko Janež, Davor Janež, Marija Janež, Dejan Janež, Andrejas Janež, Miroslav Janež, Vilko Janež, Ljubica Janež, Ana Janež, Rajko Janež, Marjan Janež, Martina Janež, Dominik Janež, Dorian Janež, Matej Janež, Andreja Janež, Katica Janež

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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