Surname Panežić in modern Croatia

Panežić families are Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Glina. In Slana in Petrinja every sixth inhabitant had the family name Panežić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Panežić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Slana (25), Sisak (10), Velika Gorica (10), Petrinja (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Panežić (including: Panezic , Panezich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Panezich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Panežić, Stjepan Panežić, Ines Panežić, Milka Panežić, Sanda Panežić, Anita Panežić, Andreas Panežić, Dejan Panežić, Dalibor Panežić, Mario Panežić, Blaženka Panežić, Natalija Panežić, Filip Panežić, Joso Panežić, Ivana Panežić, Ivan Panežić, Mara Panežić, Josip Panežić, Siniša Panežić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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