In Croatia, Aviani families are Croats (from Zadar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zadar.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Aviani live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located and 5 other Croatian places, mostly in Split (30), in Murvica (10) and Policnik (<10) in Zadar area, Zagreb (<10), and in Zadar (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Aviani (including: Aviany , Avyani , Hawyani and Awiani ) is present in 16 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.