Surname Arvaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Arvaj families are Croats (from Orahovica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Arvaj live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Hrnjevac in Orahovica area (15), Osijek (10), Ilok (<10), Vukovar (<5), and in Tenja (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Arvaj (including: Árvay , Arvay , Arvai , Arway , Harway , Harvei , Arwaj , Harvay and Arwai ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Arvay " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 200 in Hungary , and small number of people in Canada. "Arvai " is used by some 400 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic. "Arway " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Irena Arvaj, Nena Arvaj, Davor Arvaj, Tihomir Arvaj, Luka Arvaj, Tihana Arvaj, Snježana Arvaj, Silvio Arvaj, Damir Arvaj, Tomislav Arvaj, Josip Arvaj, Renata Arvaj, Mirko Arvaj, Miroslava Arvaj, Perica Arvaj, Željko Arvaj, Franjo Arvaj, Andrija Arvaj, Katica Arvaj

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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