Surname Janje in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Janje families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Janje live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Slavonski Brod (<10) and Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Janje (including: Jagne , Jhanje , Jhanjee , Jhanjhe , Janie , Yanye , Yagne , Janye and Yanje ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Janie " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Indonesia , and small number of people in Canada. "Jhanjee " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Janye " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karlo Janje, Ivan Janje, Jasna Janje, Hrvoje Janje, Zdenka Janje, Boris Janje, Barbara Janje, Zoran Janje, Mihael Janje, Adam Janje, Marga Janje, Dragutin Janje, Magdalena Janje

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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