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Surname Alavija in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Alavija families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik area. In Popovići in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Alavija.
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Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Alavija live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Popovici in Dubrovnik area (<10) and Dubrovnik (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Alavija (including: Alawiyah , Alawiya , Alaviya , Halawiya and Alavhiya ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. "Alaviya " is used by few people in the United States. "Alawiyah " is used by some 10000 people in Indonesia , about 90 in Malaysia , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mirjana Alavija,
Mato Alavija,
Valerija Alavija,
Živko Alavija,
Luka Alavija,
Jozo Alavija,
Ivo Alavija,
Ane Alavija,
Mare Alavija,
Luce Alavija,
Doris Alavija,
Josip Alavija,
Luko Alavija,
Pave Alavija,
Vuko Alavija