Surname Kovjanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kovjanić families are mainly Croats (from Lepoglava area ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kovjanić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<10), Draskovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kovjanić is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Kovjanic " is used by few people in Germany and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranko Kovjanić, Stevo Kovjanić, Marina Kovjanić, Jasna Kovjanić, Milan Kovjanić, Dražen Kovjanić, Slavica Kovjanić, Tamara Kovjanić, Jovan Kovjanić, Anka Kovjanić, Zdenka Kovjanić, Branko Kovjanić, Dragoljub Kovjanić, Dejan Kovjanić, Karmen Kovjanić, Miloš Kovjanić, Ivanka Kovjanić, Danica Kovjanić, Stojan Kovjanić

Mentions in sources

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

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