Name Sava.

  • Name Sava in modern Croatia

    Sava is a dominantly female name, but sometimes male name, in Croatia largely Serbian, but also Croatian. It is one of the more common names (among the top 500) in Croatia, with over two thousand namesakes living there.

  • The relative popularity of names Sava in Croatia

    The name Sava was the most popular from years 1927 to 1932, when about 27% of the persons bearing this name were born. The peak year was 1928. It was the least popular from years 1967 to 1977.

  • Prevalence

    Name Sava is present mainly in Central Croatia, and scarcely in Northen Adriatic. Most of the persons named Sava live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about one hundred), Rijeka (about seventy), Knin (about forty). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Civljane (1.11% of total population).

  • Name Sava around the globe

    See the countries where name Sava is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

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

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