Surname Ljubenković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ljubenković families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica and Sisak. In Čukur in Hrvatska Kostajnica every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Ljubenković.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Ljubenković live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Cukur (20), Sisak (<10), Zagreb (<5), Borovo in Vukovar area (<5), and in Hrvatska Kostajnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ljubenković is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Ljubenković, Đorđe Ljubenković, Mladen Ljubenković, Boris Ljubenković, Mirjana Ljubenković, Dušanka Ljubenković, Milan Ljubenković, Slavko Ljubenković, Ljubomir Ljubenković, Dragica Ljubenković, Ljuba Ljubenković, Ružica Ljubenković, Milica Ljubenković, Julika Ljubenković, Dušan Ljubenković, Mira Ljubenković, Miloš Ljubenković, Boško Ljubenković, Simo Ljubenković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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