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.
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).