Jovan is a male name, in Croatia largely Serbian, but also Croatian, Hungarian and Montenegrin. It is one of the more common names (among the top 500) in Croatia, with over four thousand namesakes living there.
The name Jovan was the most popular from years 1930 to 1936. The peak year was 1930. It was the least popular from years 1997 to 2007.
Prevalence
Name Jovan is relatively more common in the north of the country. Most of the persons named Jovan live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (over two hundred), Rijeka (over a hundred), Osijek (about eighty). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Biskupija (1.34% of total population).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.
