Surname John in modern Croatia

In Croatia, John families are almost entirely Croats (from Pozega area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name John live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Dubrovnik (<10), Vetovo in Orahovica area (<5), Orljavac in Pozega area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name John (including: Jochen , Yohn , Johnn , Jothen , Jochan , Jothan , Iohn , Johhan and Johnh ) is present in 196 countries worldwide. The family name "John " is used by some 300000 people in Tanzania , about 80000 in Uganda , and some 70000 people in the United States. "Yohn " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 70 in Korea (South) , and small number of people in Spain. "Johnh " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Velimir John, Branko John, Tatjana John, Ninoslav John, Gordana John, Nada John, Olaf John, Snježana John, Mirjana John, Lorena John, Miroslav John, Peter John, Zvonko John, Valentina John, Natalija John, Elton John, Hubert John, Mabel John, Vidosava John

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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