Surname Jovan in modern Croatia

Jovan families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Nova Ves Petrijanečka in Varazdin area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Jovan.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Jovan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Nova Ves Petrijanecka (20) and Petrijanec (20) in Varazdin area, Varazdin (20), Sracinec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Olib (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Jovan (including: Iovan , Yovan , Yowan , Jowan , Yovhan and Yowhan ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Jovan " is used by some 2000 people in Uganda , about 600 in Indonesia , and some 300 people in the United States. "Yovan " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Iovan " is used by some 3000 people in Romania , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Spain.

Characteristic first names

Richard Jovan, Ivica Jovan, Zvonimir Jovan, Darinka Jovan, Stanko Jovan, Marko Jovan, Josipa Jovan, Stjepan Jovan, Zdravko Jovan, Alen Jovan, Krunoslav Jovan, Pavao Jovan, Branko Jovan, Tomislav Jovan, Danko Jovan, Vladimir Jovan, Tatjana Jovan, Biljana Jovan, Ivana Jovan

Mentions in sources

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

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