Surname Milovanović in modern Croatia

Milovanović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , also Croats (from Rijeka ), very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Milovanović live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Rijeka (45), Trpinja in Vukovar area (40), Pula (35), and in Vukovar (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Sweden (4), Switzerland (2), the United States (2), Austria (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Milovanović (including: Milovanovic , Milovanovich and Milovanovitsch ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Milovanovic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Mali. "Milovanovich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Venezuela.

Characteristic first names

Sveto Milovanović, Slobodan Milovanović, Blagoja Milovanović, Milan Milovanović, Divna Milovanović, Željko Milovanović, Milenko Milovanović, Edita Milovanović, Bojan Milovanović, Sandra Milovanović, Željka Milovanović, Mirjana Milovanović, Žarko Milovanović, Nebojša Milovanović, Maja Milovanović, Zoran Milovanović, Alen Milovanović, Dragan Milovanović, Božidar Milovanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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