Surname Japundžić in modern Croatia

Japundžić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pleternica , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Japundžić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Vinkovci (20), Pozega (15), Pula (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), the Netherlands (1), Canada (1), and to France (1).
Family name Japundžić (including: Japundzic , Yapundich ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Yapundich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marica Japundžić, Bernard Japundžić, Dražen Japundžić, Milica Japundžić, Nela Japundžić, Nikola Japundžić, Goran Japundžić, Željko Japundžić, Slobodan Japundžić, Čedomir Japundžić, Sanja Japundžić, Ivan Japundžić, Jadranka Japundžić, Nataša Japundžić, Milan Japundžić, Katarina Japundžić, Mario Japundžić, Tomislav Japundžić, Borka Japundžić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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