Surname Vujnović in modern Croatia

Vujnović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Zagreb. In Vitunj in Ogulin nearly every inhabitant had the family name Vujnović.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Vujnović live in Croatia today, in 580 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 116 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Velika Gorica (75), Rijeka (70), Vitunj (55), and in Split (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 33 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), the United States (9), France (4), Canada (4), Australia (3), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Vujnović (including: Vujnovic , Vujnovich , Vuinovic , Wujnovich , Vuinovich and Vuynovich ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Vujnovic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Canada. "Vujnovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 60 in New Zealand. "Vuynovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Vujnović, Vladimir Vujnović, Renata Vujnović, Darko Vujnović, Vladis Vujnović, Martina Vujnović, Tatjana Vujnović, Goran Vujnović, Eduard Vujnović, Robert Vujnović, Zdravko Vujnović, Janko Vujnović, Snježana Vujnović, Momir Vujnović, Zoran Vujnović, Željko Vujnović, Ivica Vujnović, Mladen Vujnović, Momčilo Vujnović

Mentions in sources

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

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