Surname Bivol in modern Croatia

Bivol families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Bivol live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Zabok (30), Oroslavje (15), Zagreb (10), Pustodol (10), and in Dubrava Zabocka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bivol is present in 23 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Darijo Bivol, Romeo Bivol, Ljubica Bivol, Damir Bivol, Karmen Bivol, Dragutin Bivol, Marijan Bivol, Nada Bivol, Kristina Bivol, Tomislav Bivol, Branko Bivol, Mario Bivol, Marko Bivol, Stanko Bivol, Josipa Bivol, Ana Bivol, Ksenija Bivol, Vlatka Bivol, Božena Bivol

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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