Surname Prodanović in modern Croatia

Prodanović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Pakrac , whereas often Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Osijek. In places Veliki Budići and Mali Budići in Pakrac every second inhabitant had the family name Prodanović.

Prevalence

About 560 people with faimily name Prodanović live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Osijek (40), Rijeka (30), Pakrac (25), and in Negoslavci in Vukovar area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (3), France (3), Sweden (3), Switzerland (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Prodanović (including: Prodanovic , Prodanovich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Prodanovic " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 100 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States. "Prodanovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Vojislav Prodanović, Čedomir Prodanović, Radovan Prodanović, Tatjana Prodanović, Vasilije Prodanović, Vesna Prodanović, Ivica Prodanović, Branko Prodanović, Miroslav Prodanović, Nataša Prodanović, Milorad Prodanović, Snežana Prodanović, Živko Prodanović, Zoran Prodanović, Petar Prodanović, Ana Prodanović, Svjetlana Prodanović, Snježana Prodanović, Goran Prodanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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