Surname Penović.

  • Surname Penović in modern Croatia

    Penović families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Donje Postinje in Sinj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Penović.

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  • Prevalence

    About 200 people with faimily name Penović live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
    They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (115), Zagreb (20), Solin (15), Makarska (10), and in Donje Postinje in Sinj area (<10).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Penović (including: Penovic , Penovich and Penowich ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Penovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Bulgaria , and small number of people in Italy. "Penowich " is used by few people in the United States.

  • Characteristic first names

    Igor Penović, Leo Penović, Jurica Penović, Ivo Penović, Zvonimir Penović, Boško Penović, Ana Penović, Miljenko Penović, Jadranko Penović, Jelena Penović, Mile Penović, Mara Penović, Antonio Penović, Cvitana Penović, Svjetlana Penović, David Penović, Magdalena Penović, Vladimir Penović, Bariša Penović

  • Last name Penović around the globe

    See the countries where surname Penović is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

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

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