Surname Cavor in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Cavor live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Selnica in Zlatar area (20), Sisak (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Zlatar (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Cavor (including: Zavor , Cawor , Chavoor and Zawor ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Cavor " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Zavor " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zawor " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Cavor, Robert Cavor, Nada Cavor, Ladislav Cavor, Mario Cavor, Tomislav Cavor, Darko Cavor, Dražen Cavor, Damir Cavor, Marko Cavor, Mirko Cavor, Mladen Cavor, Vesna Cavor, Vibor Cavor, Petra Cavor, Josip Cavor, Ivan Cavor, Zdenko Cavor, Marina Cavor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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