Surname Marijanović in modern Croatia

Marijanović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area). In Krivodol in Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Marijanović.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Marijanović live in Croatia today, in 790 households. There were 770 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 84 cities and 198 other places, mostly in Zagreb (325), Split (135), Osijek (105), Vinkovci (75), and in Rijeka (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 28 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Switzerland (8), Sweden (4), Austria (3), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Marijanović (including: Marijanovic , Mariyanovich and Mariyanovic ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Marijanovic " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Marijanović, Stanislav Marijanović, Brunislav Marijanović, Luka Marijanović, Dubravko Marijanović, Inga Marijanović, Franjo Marijanović, Dalibor Marijanović, Pero Marijanović, Goran Marijanović, Željka Marijanović, Stjepan Marijanović, Boris Marijanović, Danijela Marijanović, Zdenka Marijanović, Marijan Marijanović, Anto Marijanović, Magdalena Marijanović, Hrvoje Marijanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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