Surname Tanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tanović families are Bosniaks by relative majority (from East Herzegovine ), rarely Croats (from Makarska area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Tanović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (15), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), Koprivnica (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Spain (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Tanović (including: Tanovic , Tanovich , Tanovici and Tanowiec ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Tanovic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in France. "Tanovich " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Tanowiec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edin Tanović, Dubravka Tanović, Hasan Tanović, Jasmin Tanović, Lorena Tanović, Denis Tanović, Nedim Tanović, Biserka Tanović, Jasmina Tanović, Arif Tanović, Mustafa Tanović, Rusmir Tanović, Midhat Tanović, Mevlida Tanović, Alen Tanović, Anela Tanović, Bakir Tanović, Ilijas Tanović, Lamija Tanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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