Surname Hvala in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hvala families are Croats by relative majority (from Vinkovci ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar ), and very rarely Slovenes (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar and in Daruvar area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Hvala live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Vinkovci (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Donji Daruvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hvala (including: Thwala , Chvala , Chevala , Chivala , Hwalla , Chuvala , Chrvala , Chovala and Hwala ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. "Chvala " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 500 in Czech Republic , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Chuvala " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Chwala " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Hvala, Tea Hvala, Robert Hvala, Dubravka Hvala, Elisabetta Hvala, Rajko Hvala, Marija Hvala, Jaroslav Hvala, Ljiljana Hvala, Ana Hvala, Mirko Hvala, Rudolf Hvala, Slavko Hvala, Miroslav Hvala, Fele Hvala, David Hvala, Toni Hvala, Tamara Hvala, Boris Hvala

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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