Surname Krajnović in modern Croatia

Krajnović families are often Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , less frequently Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Pakrac. In places Cikote and Prgomelje in Pakrac every second inhabitant had the family name Krajnović.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Krajnović live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 79 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Slavonski Brod (85), Osijek (45), Podvinje (35), and in Vuka in Djakovo area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Australia (4), Switzerland (2), the Netherlands (2), Canada (2), Germany (2), and to Finland (1).
Family name Krajnović (including: Krainovic , Krajnovich , Krajnovic , Kraynovich , Krainovich and Kreinovich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Krajnovic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Krajnovich " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Krainovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandra Krajnović, Danko Krajnović, Miroslav Krajnović, Verica Krajnović, Siniša Krajnović, Franka Krajnović, Davor Krajnović, Ljubiša Krajnović, Stjepan Krajnović, Vlatko Krajnović, Klementina Krajnović, Zvonimir Krajnović, Milan Krajnović, Josip Krajnović, Ivica Krajnović, Jure Krajnović, Luka Krajnović, Mirela Krajnović, Vlade Krajnović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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