Surname Konjević in modern Croatia

Konjević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , also Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks (Cazinska Krajina, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Bihac area).

Prevalence

About 460 people with faimily name Konjević live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Vukovar (25), Bjelovar (20), Puticanje in Vodice area (20), and in Zapolje in Nova Gradiska area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Switzerland (3), Australia (3), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Konjević (including: Konjevic , Koniewicz , Konjevich , Cognevich , Konyevich , Koniewich and Ckonjevic ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Konjevic " is used by some 60 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Konjevich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Koniewicz " is used by some 200 people in Poland and about 70 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Konjević, Bruno Konjević, Vladimir Konjević, Alan Konjević, Denis Konjević, Franjo Konjević, Daniela Konjević, Krunoslav Konjević, Inga Konjević, Danilo Konjević, Dean Konjević, Jasminka Konjević, Čedo Konjević, Zvonimir Konjević, Mihael Konjević, Slavko Konjević, Tina Konjević, Alen Konjević, Mladen Konjević

Mentions in sources

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

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