Surname Stanojević in modern Croatia

Stanojević families can be both Croats (the family name originates from the Island of Vis ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Serbia and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Stanojević live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Split (55), Rijeka (45), Sisak (25), and in Vukovar (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (6), the United States (3), Australia (2), Germany (2), Finland (1), France (1), the Netherlands (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Stanojević (including: Stanojevic , Stanojevich , Stanoyevich , Stanoyevic and Stanoievici ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Stanojevic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in France. "Stanojevich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Bolivia , and small number of people in Bulgaria. "Stanoyevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrej Stanojević, Milan Stanojević, Stevo Stanojević, Jasna Stanojević, Drago Stanojević, Josip Stanojević, Siniša Stanojević, Mirjana Stanojević, Dragan Stanojević, Nevenka Stanojević, Zvonimir Stanojević, Miroslav Stanojević, Ante Stanojević, Smiljana Stanojević, Igor Stanojević, Đurđica Stanojević, Nenad Stanojević, Sanja Stanojević, Marina Stanojević

Mentions in sources

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

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