Surname Žvanja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žvanja families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Žvanja live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Kozljak in Labin area (10), Rijeka (<10), Vinez (<5), Potpican in Labin area (<5), and in Grobnik in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Žvanja (including: Zhvania , Zvanja , Zvanya , Zvania and Zhvanya ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Zvanja " is used by few people in the United States. "Zvanya " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Liljana Žvanja, Silvano Žvanja, Anđelka Žvanja, Marin Žvanja, Sandro Žvanja, Zlatko Žvanja, Albino Žvanja, Manuel Žvanja, Sanja Žvanja, Tomislav Žvanja, Mladenka Žvanja, Franko Žvanja, Davor Žvanja, Suzi Žvanja, Anton Žvanja, Marija Žvanja, Kostadinka Žvanja, Mandica Žvanja, Otavio Žvanja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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