Surname Bival in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bival families are Croats (from Oroslavje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Bival live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Oroslavje (20), Zagreb (<10), Pustodol (<10), Novi Marof (<10), and in Zabok (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bival (including: Biwal , Bivall , Bhival , Bywall and Bhiwal ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Biwal " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States. "Bivall " is used by small number of people in Sweden and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Bival, Gordana Bival, Boris Bival, Krešimir Bival, Vlado Bival, Sandra Bival, Blaženka Bival, Svebor Bival, Štefanija Bival, Snježana Bival, Slobodan Bival, Lidija Bival, Maja Bival, Nina Bival, Ivica Bival, Zvonko Bival, Filip Bival, Nikola Bival, Darko Bival

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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