Surname Glavan in modern Croatia

Glavan families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In Privlaka in Zadar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Glavan.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Glavan live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 810 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Privlaka in Zadar area (310), Zadar (170), Rijeka (115), Zagreb (55), and in Grab in Sinj area (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 38 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), Australia (11), Canada (6), Germany (3), France (2), Argentina (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Glavan is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Glavan " is used by some 5000 people in Romania , about 3000 in Moldova , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Glavan, Darko Glavan, Ivica Glavan, Fredi Glavan, Paola Glavan, Zvjezdana Glavan, Dalibor Glavan, Stipo Glavan, Mirjana Glavan, Daniel Glavan, Predrag Glavan, Jure Glavan, Bruno Glavan, Petra Glavan, Elizabet Glavan, Gordan Glavan, Elvis Glavan, Vedran Glavan, Tea Glavan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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