Surname Ivošević in modern Croatia

Ivošević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Ogulin , whereas often Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Zagreb. In Ivošević Selo in Karlovac nearly every inhabitant had the family name Ivošević.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Ivošević live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Rijeka (90), Dreznica (60), Ogulin (50), and in Karlovac (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (3), Austria (2), Canada (1), the Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Ivošević (including: Ivosevic , Ivosevich and Ivoshkevich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Ivosevic " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Ivosevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danko Ivošević, Rajko Ivošević, Borivoj Ivošević, Denis Ivošević, Nikola Ivošević, Damir Ivošević, Darko Ivošević, Zoran Ivošević, Igor Ivošević, Mirko Ivošević, Ana Ivošević, Marija Ivošević, Stanimir Ivošević, Borislav Ivošević, Miloš Ivošević, Dušan Ivošević, Zlatko Ivošević, Ljiljana Ivošević, Mirjana Ivošević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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