Surname Ćorović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćorović families are mainly Croats (from Pazin ), rarely Bosniaks (from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro ), and very rarely Montenegrins (from Niksic, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Niksic, Montenegro and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Ćorović live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), Split (<10), Pazin (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćorović (including: Chorovich , Corovic ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. "Chorovich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sead Ćorović, Elšef Ćorović, Tamara Ćorović, Fatima Ćorović, Samir Ćorović, Elizabeta Ćorović, Jadranka Ćorović, Kemal Ćorović, Vesna Ćorović, Alen Ćorović, Miloš Ćorović, Svetozar Ćorović, Bogoslav Ćorović, Nenad Ćorović, Elifa Ćorović, Miladin Ćorović, Safeta Ćorović, Alenka Ćorović, Maja Ćorović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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