Surname Lazarević in modern Croatia

Lazarević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Serbia , whereas often Croats (from Neum, Herzegovina,area Dubrovnik), very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Serbia and in Dubrovnik. In Hotanj Hutovski in Neum (Herzegovina) every third inhabitant had the family name Lazarević.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Lazarević live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Rijeka (40), Dubrovnik (25), Pula (20), and in Metkovic (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (4), Germany (3), Austria (2), Switzerland (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Lazarević (including: Lazarevich , Lazarevic , Lazarewicz , Lazzarevich , Lazarevych and Lazarevitsch ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Lazarevic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 200 people in Iraq. "Lazarewicz " is used by some 400 people in Poland , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in France. "Lazzarevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Životije Lazarević, Damir Lazarević, Marko Lazarević, Boris Lazarević, Vedran Lazarević, Saša Lazarević, Sanja Lazarević, Predrag Lazarević, Mladen Lazarević, Ivana Lazarević, Zvjezdana Lazarević, Miho Lazarević, Boža Lazarević, Milorad Lazarević, Tajana Lazarević, Laza Lazarević, Radoslav Lazarević, Slavica Lazarević, Lazar Lazarević

Mentions in sources

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

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