Surname Lijović in modern Croatia

Lijović families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Zagreb. In places Prisap and Žirović in Western Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Lijović.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Lijović live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Trogir (15), Osijek (10), Klokocevac (10), and in Kastel Gomilica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lijović (including: Lijovic , Liahovich ) is present in 11 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Marijo Lijović, Drago Lijović, Sanja Lijović, Božo Lijović, Nediljko Lijović, Danijel Lijović, Josip Lijović, Dubravka Lijović, Mirko Lijović, Anđelko Lijović, Gordana Lijović, Marijana Lijović, Ivan Lijović, Vedrana Lijović, Jakov Lijović, Dragojka Lijović, Slavko Lijović, Zvonimir Lijović, Ivana Lijović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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