Surname Orhanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Orhanović families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula and in Dubrovnik. In Oskorušno on Peljesac Peninsula every eighth inhabitant had the family name Orhanović.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Orhanović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Oskorusno on the Peljesac peninsula (10), Split (10), Zagreb (<10), Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Orhanović is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Orhanović, Augustin Orhanović, Mato Orhanović, Anita Orhanović, Renate Orhanović, Tamara Orhanović, Marko Orhanović, Boženka Orhanović, Antun Orhanović, Milo Orhanović, Mare Orhanović, Luka Orhanović, Anto Orhanović, Nada Orhanović, Zlata Orhanović, Iva Orhanović, Miroslava Orhanović, Mladen Orhanović, Vlatka Orhanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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