Surname Sužnjević in modern Croatia

Sužnjević families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Osijek ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Osijek. In Donje Selište in Glina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Sužnjević.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Sužnjević live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Donje Seliste (15), Osijek (15), Sisak (10), and in Gornja Sumetlica (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Germany (2), Australia (1), New Zealand (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Sužnjević is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Suznjevic " is used by small number of people in New Zealand and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Sužnjević, Borislav Sužnjević, Vlado Sužnjević, Vladimir Sužnjević, Dario Sužnjević, Jelena Sužnjević, Dubravka Sužnjević, Milan Sužnjević, Nenad Sužnjević, Dubravko Sužnjević, Robertina Sužnjević, Marica Sužnjević, Etelka Sužnjević, Željko Sužnjević, Josip Sužnjević, Silvija Sužnjević, Irena Sužnjević, Sanja Sužnjević, Jadranka Sužnjević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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