Surname Jakovina in modern Croatia

Jakovina families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area. In Ključ Brdovečki in Zapresic area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Jakovina.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Jakovina live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Senkovec in Zapresic area (40), Zapresic (15), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (15), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jakovina (including: Yakovina , Yakovyna , Jacovina , Jakowyna , Lyakhovina and Yakowyna ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Jakovina " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Jacovina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yakowyna " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Jakovina, Miroslav Jakovina, Tvrtko Jakovina, Krunoslav Jakovina, Tratinčica Jakovina, Bernardo Jakovina, Robert Jakovina, Alen Jakovina, Krešimir Jakovina, Tihomir Jakovina, Mirko Jakovina, Jadranka Jakovina, Ines Jakovina, Goran Jakovina, Ivanka Jakovina, Božidar Jakovina, Sanja Jakovina, Dario Jakovina, Dean Jakovina

Mentions in sources

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

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