Surname Buva in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Buva live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Sibenik (35), Zagreb (15), Bilice in Sibenik area (15), Split (<10), and in Drnis (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Buva (including: Bhuva , Buwa , Bueva , Bhuwa , Buhwa , Buvva , Buwah , Buvaa and Buewa ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Buva " is used by small number of people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Sri Lanka. "Bhuva " is used by some 600 people in Kenya , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Buva, Sanja Buva, Hrvoje Buva, Jerko Buva, Josip Buva, Suzana Buva, Antonio Buva, Ljiljana Buva, Marija Buva, Zdravko Buva, Jere Buva, Marijana Buva, Katarina Buva, Ferdo Buva, Tatijana Buva, Petra Buva, Mile Buva, Branka Buva, Zdravka Buva

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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