Surname Glavaš in modern Croatia

Glavaš families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , barely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Herzegovina (Grude area). In places Gornji Bešpelj and Vrela in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Glavaš.

Prevalence

About 2000 people with faimily name Glavaš live in Croatia today, in 860 households. There were 960 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 78 cities and 170 other places, mostly in Zagreb (365), Osijek (170), Slavonski Brod (125), Split (100), and in Pula (70).

Outside Croatia

Family name Glavaš (including: Glavas , Glavash ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Glavas " is used by some 800 people in Greece , about 600 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria. "Glavash " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Glavaš, Bojana Glavaš, Zvonko Glavaš, Slobodan Glavaš, Marijan Glavaš, Tomislav Glavaš, Kaja Glavaš, Berislav Glavaš, Srećko Glavaš, Josip Glavaš, Zoran Glavaš, Jure Glavaš, Tonka Glavaš, Sanda Glavaš, Davor Glavaš, Mirela Glavaš, Mario Glavaš, Ivica Glavaš, Milan Glavaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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