Surname Poznanović in modern Croatia

Poznanović families are frequently Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb. In Gornji Žirovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Poznanović.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Poznanović live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Borovo in Vukovar area (30), Zagreb (25), Kutina (10), Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (10), and in Beli Manastir (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Poznanović (including: Poznanovic , Poznanovich ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Poznanovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Poznanovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Poznanović, Marija Poznanović, Saša Poznanović, Marijana Poznanović, Dražen Poznanović, Mario Poznanović, Nenad Poznanović, Branislav Poznanović, Vedrana Poznanović, Dane Poznanović, Nada Poznanović, Miroslav Poznanović, Robert Poznanović, Siniša Poznanović, Danica Poznanović, Gordan Poznanović, Jelena Poznanović, Milan Poznanović, Dragan Poznanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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