Surname Hirjovati in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hirjovati families are generally Rusyns (from Ilok area ), rarely Croats (also from Ilok area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok area and in Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hirjovati live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Miklusevci in Ilok area (10), Vukovar (<10), and in Muntic (<5) and Medulin (<5) in Pula area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Hirjovati is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Ana Hirjovati, Boris Hirjovati, Zlatko Hirjovati, Janko Hirjovati, Sena Hirjovati, Violeta Hirjovati, Željko Hirjovati, Igor Hirjovati, Jelena Hirjovati, Mihajlo Hirjovati, Vladimir Hirjovati, Marija Hirjovati, Jakim Hirjovati, Miroslav Hirjovati, Ivan Hirjovati, Robert Hirjovati, Laura Hirjovati, Joakim Hirjovati, Nikola Hirjovati

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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