Surname Poljanić in modern Croatia

Poljanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Peljesac Peninsula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on Peljesac Peninsula. In Pijavičino on Peljesac Peninsula every tenth inhabitant had the family name Poljanić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Poljanić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Potomje on the Peljesac peninsula (20), Zagreb (15), Dubrovnik (15), Rijeka (10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (11) and Australia (2).
Family name Poljanić (including: Poljanic , Polyanich , Poglianich , Polianich , Polyanych and Polyanic ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Poljanic " is used by small number of people in Korea (South) and small number in the United States. "Polyanic " is used by few people in the United States. "Poglianich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Poljanić, Petar Poljanić, Jasna Poljanić, Branko Poljanić, Mira Poljanić, Anto Poljanić, Ingrid Poljanić, Goranko Poljanić, Zdravko Poljanić, Ivan Poljanić, Antun Poljanić, Goran Poljanić, Kristina Poljanić, Nikola Poljanić, Stipo Poljanić, Željka Poljanić, Neda Poljanić, Lidija Poljanić, Marina Poljanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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