Surname Lanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lanović families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lanović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Biskupec Zelinski (15), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5), Vrbovec (<5), and in Pustodol (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lanović (including: Lanovich , Lanovic and Lanowich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Lanovic " is used by few people in the United States. "Lanowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Lanović, Nina Lanović, Ana Lanović, Zrinka Lanović, Sanja Lanović, Tomislav Lanović, Drago Lanović, Ivan Lanović, Miljenko Lanović, Danijela Lanović, Mihajlo Lanović, Zlata Lanović, Milica Lanović, Vesna Lanović, Božidar Lanović, Zlatko Lanović, Marija Lanović, Ivica Lanović, Gordana Lanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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