Surname Šavor in modern Croatia

Šavor families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šavor live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Karlovac (20), Novi Marof (10), Kljuc (10), and in Zavrsje Netreticko in Duga Resa area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Šavor (including: Savor , Sawor , Shavor and Savoor ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Savor " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Indonesia , and some 60 people in Canada. "Shavor " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Sawor " is used by some 700 people in Indonesia , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Šavor, Majda Šavor, Nenad Šavor, Marta Šavor, Suada Šavor, Biserka Šavor, Hrvoje Šavor, Željko Šavor, Mladen Šavor, Milena Šavor, Petra Šavor, Vladimir Šavor, Robert Šavor, Jasminka Šavor, Josip Šavor, Ruda Šavor, Berislav Šavor, Ana Šavor, Branko Šavor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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