Surname Glavović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Glavović families are generally Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Zupanja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Herzegovina (Mostar area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Glavović live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Split (<10), Pula (<5), Drenovci in Zupanja area (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Glavović is present in five countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Glavović, Zlatan Glavović, Vesna Glavović, Mario Glavović, Igor Glavović, Vedran Glavović, Marica Glavović, Vedo Glavović, Paula Glavović, Romano Glavović, Marijana Glavović, Nataša Glavović, Sandra Glavović, Zoran Glavović, Ivica Glavović, Saša Glavović, Ivo Glavović, Marija Glavović, Zorka Glavović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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