Surname Alavanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Alavanić families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Alavanić live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (<10), Banovci in Pleternica area (<10), Viskovci (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Alavanić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Mato Alavanić, Željko Alavanić, Manda Alavanić, Dalija Alavanić, Marija Alavanić, Milan Alavanić, Stjepan Alavanić, Ivan Alavanić, Marko Alavanić, Robertina Alavanić, Lidija Alavanić, Josip Alavanić, Helena Alavanić, Jela Alavanić, Petar Alavanić, Antonija Alavanić, Igor Alavanić, Valentina Alavanić, Matija Alavanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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