Surname Divald in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Divald families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Djakovo. In Levanjska Varoš in Djakovo area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Divald.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Divald live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Djakovo (10), Zagreb (<5), Vinkovci (<5), and in Levanjska Varos in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Divald (including: Diewald , Diwald ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Diewald " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Vedrana Divald, Adolf Divald, Ilija Divald, Slavica Divald, Blagica Divald, Dragutin Divald, Julijana Divald, Željko Divald, Antun Divald, Darko Divald, Marko Divald, Ružica Divald, Vjekoslava Divald, Ruža Divald, Anđa Divald, Sunčica Divald, Ljudevit Divald, Lovro Divald, Filip Divald

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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