Surname Bravar in modern Croatia

Bravar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pazin , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin. In Kašćerga in Pazin every tenth inhabitant had the family name Bravar.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Bravar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Pula (25), Pazin (20), Kascerga (15), Porec (<10), and in Labinci in Novigrad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bravar (including: Brawar , Beravar and Bhrawar ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Bravar " is used by small number of people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Brawar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Bravar, Dražen Bravar, Nevija Bravar, Sanja Bravar, Zoran Bravar, Veljko Bravar, Branko Bravar, Vedran Bravar, Dragutin Bravar, Lorena Bravar, Ivanka Bravar, Danica Bravar, Bruno Bravar, Zrinka Bravar, Stanislav Bravar, Rozana Bravar, Maja Bravar, Michele Bravar, Siniša Bravar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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