Surname Alavanja in modern Croatia

Alavanja families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Benkovac , whereas often Croats (from Zadar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Kreštelovac in Daruvar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Alavanja.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Alavanja live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), Zadar (40), Zagreb (35), Ugljan on the Island of Ugljan (20), and in Vukovar (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (3), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Alavanja (including: Halavanja , Alavanya and Alavania ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Alavanja " is used by some 80 people in Egypt , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Australia. "Halavanja " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Boško Alavanja, Nikolina Alavanja, Jadranka Alavanja, Dane Alavanja, Ozrenka Alavanja, Denis Alavanja, Zoran Alavanja, Željko Alavanja, Mario Alavanja, Natali Alavanja, Jasminka Alavanja, Nada Alavanja, Ilija Alavanja, Srdjan Alavanja, Višnja Alavanja, Eni Alavanja, Danijela Alavanja, Branko Alavanja, Anela Alavanja

Mentions in sources

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

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