Surname Odanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Odanović families are generally Serbs, very rarely Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Odanović live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Vukovar (<10), Gospic (<5), and in Okrug Gornji on the Island of Ciovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Odanović (including: Odanovic , Odanovich and Hodanovich ) is present in 9 countries on two continents. "Odanovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Odanović, Đuro Odanović, Mile Odanović, Milka Odanović, Mirko Odanović, Bogdan Odanović, Anka Odanović, Stevo Odanović, Zdenka Odanović, Petar Odanović, Zorka Odanović, Vesna Odanović, Saša Odanović, Đurđica Odanović, Milan Odanović, Stefan Odanović, Ana Odanović, Ankica Odanović, Sava Odanović

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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