Surname Lončarević in modern Croatia

Lončarević families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pozega. In Bobovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Lončarević.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Lončarević live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 131 other places, mostly in Zagreb (205), Bobovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (45), Petrinja (40), Kutina (35), and in Zupanja (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (17), the United States (6), Switzerland (3), and to France (1).
Family name Lončarević (including: Loncarevic , Loncarevich ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Loncarevic " is used by some 200 people in Libya , about 100 in the United States , and some 80 people in Egypt. "Loncarevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Lončarević, Marko Lončarević, Damir Lončarević, Jasenko Lončarević, Branka Lončarević, Mario Lončarević, Berislav Lončarević, Ivan Lončarević, Slobodan Lončarević, Lidija Lončarević, Zdravko Lončarević, Grga Lončarević, Igor Lončarević, Nedjeljko Lončarević, Vladimir Lončarević, Josip Lončarević, Marija Lončarević, Marta Lončarević, Krunoslav Lončarević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1735 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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