Surname Pjanić in modern Croatia

Pjanić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), also Bosniaks (also from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Cazin area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area). In Pjanići in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pjanić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pjanić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Split (15), Beli Manastir (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Lovinac in Obrovac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pjanić (including: Pjanic , Pyanich , Pianic and Pyanic ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Pjanic " is used by some 100 people in Afghanistan , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Ibrahim Pjanić, Vesna Pjanić, Jasna Pjanić, David Pjanić, Jozefa Pjanić, Eduard Pjanić, Marija Pjanić, Ismet Pjanić, Bogdan Pjanić, Milica Pjanić, Marjana Pjanić, Stjepan Pjanić, Bernardin Pjanić, Augustin Pjanić, Nikica Pjanić, Sanda Pjanić, Josipa Pjanić, Emir Pjanić, Saša Pjanić

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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