Surname Ević in modern Croatia

Ević families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area) and in Zupanja area.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Ević live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Osijek (30), Zupanja (30), Gradiste in Zupanja area (30), and in Pofuki in Novi Marof area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ević (including: Evich , Evic , Evick , Ewick , Hewick , Ewich , Evicci , Evichuk , Evichev and Ewicz ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Evic " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Evich " is used by some 400 people in Ukraine , about 400 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States. "Evick " is used by some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Ević, Marko Ević, Dragica Ević, Tatjana Ević, Filip Ević, Branimir Ević, Bernard Ević, Borislav Ević, Slavica Ević, Gordana Ević, Damir Ević, Jagica Ević, Luka Ević, Rudolf Ević, Iloija Ević, Mladen Ević, Anto Ević, Marica Ević, Svjetlana Ević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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