Surname Drviš in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Drviš 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 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (30), Zagreb (15), Makarska (15), Bjelovar (<10), and in Oborovo Bistransko in Oroslavje area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Drviš (including: Dervis , Drvis , Derwish , Dervish , Derwis , Derviss , Derwies , Drwiesh , Dervies and Dervisch ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Drwiesh " is used by few people in the United States. "Derwis " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Derviss " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Drviš, Stipe Drviš, Ivan Drviš, Stjepan Drviš, Marina Drviš, Igor Drviš, Marijana Drviš, Slaven Drviš, Željko Drviš, Krešimir Drviš, Erika Drviš, Vladimir Drviš, Danijela Drviš, Joze Drviš, Tatjana Drviš, Melita Drviš, Nikolina Drviš, Aleksandra Drviš, Ante Drviš

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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