Surname Janus in modern Croatia

Janus families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina , whereas often Croats (from Ogulin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Ogulin area. In Brubno in Glina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Janus.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Janus live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Keici in Ogulin area (15), Tenja (<10), Borovo in Vukovar area (<10), and in Virovitica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Janus (including: Janusz , Ianus , Yanus , Jaanus , Janush , Januss , Jannus , Jannush and Yanuss ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. The family name "Janus " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 6000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in Germany. "Yanus " is used by some 400 people in Indonesia , about 300 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States. "Yanuss " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Janus, Milana Janus, Dalibor Janus, Zorka Janus, Tomislav Janus, Robert Janus, Damir Janus, Branko Janus, Martina Janus, Željko Janus, Ljubomir Janus, Branka Janus, Marija Janus, Miloš Janus, Dragica Janus, Kornelija Janus, Dragana Janus, Mario Janus, Dragan Janus

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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