Surname Ožanić in modern Croatia

Ožanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. According to some sources they are from Delnice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Kamenica Skradnička in Ogulin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ožanić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Ožanić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Rijeka (75), Delnice (15), Skradnik in Ogulin area (15), and in Krizevci (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Canada (2), Germany (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Ožanić (including: Ozanic , Ozanich , Ozanick and Ozaniec ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Ozanic " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada. "Ozanich " is used by some 500 people in the United States and about 80 in Brazil. "Ozaniec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Ožanić, Nevenka Ožanić, Mirko Ožanić, Boris Ožanić, Božidar Ožanić, Ivan Ožanić, Goran Ožanić, Ljerka Ožanić, Domagoj Ožanić, Višnja Ožanić, Mladen Ožanić, Zlatko Ožanić, Krunoslav Ožanić, Tomislav Ožanić, Vesna Ožanić, Petar Ožanić, Ivica Ožanić, Nikola Ožanić, Anna Ožanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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