Savanović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , whereas often Croats (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area). In Lokvari in Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Savanović.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Savanović live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Vukovar (20), Rijeka (10), Beli Manastir (10), and in Prelog (10).