Surname Knježević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Knježević families are Croats (from Rama (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In Ljubunci in Rama (Bosnia) every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Knježević.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Knježević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Osijek (<10), Jaksic in Pozega area (<10), Crikvenica (<5), and in Bistrica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Knježević is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Knjezevic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Adam Knježević, Andrija Knježević, Stipo Knježević, Tadija Knježević, Pavo Knježević, Jozo Knježević, Marija Knježević, Slavko Knježević, Višnja Knježević, Željko Knježević, Lidija Knježević, Sanja Knježević, Stjepan Knježević, Petar Knježević, Kristina Knježević, Nevenka Knježević, Kata Knježević, Branka Knježević, Zdenko Knježević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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