Surname Vodanović in modern Croatia

Vodanović families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Vodanović live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Runovic in Imotski area (60), Split (45), Podgora in Makarska area (35), and in Makarska (20).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), the United States (3), Germany (3), and to Canada (1).
Family name Vodanović (including: Vodanovic , Vodanovich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Vodanovich " is used by some 300 people in Argentina , about 100 in New Zealand , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Barbara Vodanović, Marin Vodanović, Veseljko Vodanović, Ivo Vodanović, Alen Vodanović, Goran Vodanović, Ante Vodanović, Domagoj Vodanović, Josko Vodanović, Damir Vodanović, Danica Vodanović, Sanja Vodanović, Marijo Vodanović, Darko Vodanović, Stipe Vodanović, Franjo Vodanović, Sanda Vodanović, Lovor Vodanović, Desanka Vodanović

Mentions in sources

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

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