Surname Plavljanić in modern Croatia

Plavljanić families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Petrinja ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Sisak. In Jošavica in Petrinja every sixth inhabitant had the family name Plavljanić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Plavljanić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Petrinja (15), Sisak (10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plavljanić (including: Plavljanic , Plavljanich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Plavljanic " is used by some 100 people in Afghanistan and small number in the United States. "Plavljanich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuka Plavljanić, Nikola Plavljanić, Ivana Plavljanić, Sanja Plavljanić, Andrea Plavljanić, Željko Plavljanić, Goran Plavljanić, Miljenko Plavljanić, Silvana Plavljanić, Mladen Plavljanić, Čedomir Plavljanić, Dragan Plavljanić, Đuro Plavljanić, Ivanka Plavljanić, Dejan Plavljanić, Jovo Plavljanić, Alan Plavljanić, Milica Plavljanić, Branko Plavljanić

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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