Surname Jovičević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jovičević families are mainly Croats (from Bosnian Posavina ), rarely Montenegrins (from Novi Vinodolski ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. In Trnjaci in Bosanian Posavina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Jovičević.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Jovičević live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), Samobor (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jovičević (including: Jovicevic , Jovicevich ) is present in 24 countries on four continents. The family name "Jovicevic " is used by some 70 people in Papua New Guinea , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Germany , small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljudmila Jovičević, Margita Jovičević, Goran Jovičević, Predrag Jovičević, Silvija Jovičević, Zoran Jovičević, Štefanija Jovičević, Jasminka Jovičević, Danijela Jovičević, Damir Jovičević, Miroslav Jovičević, Jasna Jovičević, Čedomir Jovičević, Dražen Jovičević, Aleksandar Jovičević, Dean Jovičević, Mato Jovičević, Savka Jovičević, Pero Jovičević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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