Surname Janić in modern Croatia

Janić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Iloka , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok and Zagreb. In Čukur in Hrvatska Kostajnica every third inhabitant had the family name Janić.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Janić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Bapska (35), Pozega (20), Cukur (20), and in Ilok (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (3), and to Australia (1).
Family name Janić (including: Janich , Janiec , Janic , Janick , Yanich , Janitsch , Yaniec , Janicz , Yanic and Ianic ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. The family name "Janic " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Slovakia. "Janich " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in Czech Republic. "Yanich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Damir Janić, Nikola Janić, Žarko Janić, Marijana Janić, Ljeposava Janić, Stanko Janić, Mato Janić, Boris Janić, Branko Janić, Leonard Janić, Ivanka Janić, Bijanka Janić, Jagoda Janić, Vedran Janić, Pero Janić, Boro Janić, Andreja Janić, Marko Janić, Gordana Janić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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