Janjatović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Otocac , whereas often Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Hrvatsko Polje in Otocac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Janjatović.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Janjatović live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Hrvatsko Polje (35), Zagreb (30), Rijeka (25), Otocac (10), and in Brsadin in Vukovar area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Janjatović is present in 8 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.