Surname Markanjević in modern Croatia

Markanjević families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Pozega area. In Daranovci in Pozega area every second inhabitant had the family name Markanjević.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Markanjević live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Daranovci in Pozega area (70), Pozega (25), Zagreb (20), Dolac in Pozega area (<10), and in Gracac in Knin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Markanjević is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Milan Markanjević, Marin Markanjević, Karmen Markanjević, Tatjana Markanjević, Dijana Markanjević, Robert Markanjević, Marija Markanjević, Zoran Markanjević, Vladimir Markanjević, Petar Markanjević, Ivica Markanjević, Mario Markanjević, Ankica Markanjević, Antonija Markanjević, Karlo Markanjević, Marijana Markanjević, Ivana Markanjević, Slavica Markanjević, Ivan Markanjević

Mentions in sources

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

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