Žerovjane

Žerovjane (Жеровјане, Zherovjan) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.

History
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Žerovjane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Petko (Petër), son of Gjon; Dimitri Arbanas (t. Arnaut); Nikolisha Arbanas (t. Arnaut); Velko Arbanas (t. Arnaut); Milush Drll-iq; Mustafa Agrijan; widow Dona; Lazar Arbanas; Ivan, son of Gjon; Nikolla, the son of Tona.

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Žerovjane was inhabited by 277 Muslim Albanians.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Bogovinje was inhabited by 60 Orthodox Bulgarians.

Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Žerovjane had 891 residents with the following ethnic composition:
 * Albanians 881
 * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 914 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:


 * Albanians 907
 * Macedonians 3
 * Turks 4