Surname Jazvić in modern Croatia

Jazvić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area).

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Jazvić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (60), Zagreb (45), Gornja Vrba in Slavonski Brod area (20), Vukovar (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jazvić (including: Jazvic , Jazwiec , Jazwick and Jazwicz ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. "Jazwiec " is used by some 800 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Jazwicz " is used by few people in the United States. "Jazwick " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Paulina Jazvić, Marijana Jazvić, Igor Jazvić, Goran Jazvić, Julijan Jazvić, Marko Jazvić, Ratimir Jazvić, Anto Jazvić, Hrvoje Jazvić, Josip Jazvić, Marinko Jazvić, Ivan Jazvić, Katarina Jazvić, Marijo Jazvić, Maja Jazvić, Ilko Jazvić, Ljiljana Jazvić, Sandra Jazvić, Stjepan Jazvić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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