Surname Jantoš in modern Croatia

Jantoš families are Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area and in Orahovica. In Zokov Gaj in Orahovica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jantoš.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Jantoš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Boksic in Nasice area (20), Donji Miholjac (15), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<10), and in Zokov Gaj (<10) and Fericanci (<10) in Orahovica area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Jantoš (including: Jantos , Yantos , Yantosh , Iantos , Jantosh and Jantoss ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Yantos " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Kazakhstan. "Yantosh " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Jantoš, Mirela Jantoš, Daria Jantoš, Dahna Jantoš, Marija Jantoš, Andrea Jantoš, Ivan Jantoš, Davor Jantoš, Darko Jantoš, Gordana Jantoš, Dinko Jantoš, Dejan Jantoš, Đurđica Jantoš, Rudolf Jantoš, Nevenka Jantoš, Damir Jantoš, Miško Jantoš, Sanja Jantoš, Kristina Jantoš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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