Surname Stojanov in modern Croatia

Stojanov families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area , rarely Macedonians and Bulgarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Biograd na moru area and in Zadar. In Drage in Biograd na moru area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Stojanov.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Stojanov live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Pakostane (130) and Drage (50) in Biograd na moru area, Zagreb (30), Zadar (15), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stojanov (including: Stoyanov , Stoianov , Stojanow , Staianov , Stayanov , Stoyanow , Stolyanov , Sztojanov and Stoianow ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. The family name "Stojanov " is used by some 800 people in Bulgaria , about 600 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Stojanov, Petra Stojanov, Jadranko Stojanov, Sandra Stojanov, Toma Stojanov, Svemir Stojanov, Bianka Stojanov, Branko Stojanov, Zlatko Stojanov, Dragoljub Stojanov, Vladimir Stojanov, Slavka Stojanov, Luka Stojanov, Marin Stojanov, Ljiljana Stojanov, Slavo Stojanov, Stipe Stojanov, Boško Stojanov, Zvonimir Stojanov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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