Surname Jašarević in modern Croatia

Jašarević families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia) and Bosniaks (also from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia), very rarely Albanians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Velika Kladusa area) and in Rijeka. In Donji Ružević in Bosnian Krajina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Jašarević.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Jašarević live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Rijeka (50), Slavonski Brod (30), Split (25), and in Pula (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jašarević (including: Jasarevic , Yasharevich and Yasarevich ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Jasarevic " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 500 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Mensur Jašarević, Ibrahim Jašarević, Milan Jašarević, Denis Jašarević, Katarina Jašarević, Marijo Jašarević, Sanjin Jašarević, Anka Jašarević, Adem Jašarević, Zehra Jašarević, Maja Jašarević, Namik Jašarević, Jelena Jašarević, Alen Jašarević, Tomislav Jašarević, Sadeta Jašarević, Emir Jašarević, Jasna Jašarević, Vernesa Jašarević

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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