Surname Njegovanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Njegovanović families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Pozega. In Tisovac in Pakrac every third inhabitant had the family name Njegovanović.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Njegovanović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Pozega (<10), Nasice (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Lipik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Njegovanović is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Boško Njegovanović, Predrag Njegovanović, Marijana Njegovanović, Robert Njegovanović, Goran Njegovanović, Miodrag Njegovanović, Marija Njegovanović, Dunja Njegovanović, Savo Njegovanović, Đorđe Njegovanović, Radomir Njegovanović, Igor Njegovanović, Stevan Njegovanović, Rade Njegovanović, Anica Njegovanović, Dalibor Njegovanović, Rada Njegovanović, Miroslav Njegovanović, Nikola Njegovanović

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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