Surname Juvan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Juvan families are predominantly Croats (from Velika Gorica area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Labin.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Juvan live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Staro Pracno (<10), Donja Glogovnica (<5), Rijeka (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Donji Hrusevec in Velika Gorica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Juvan (including: Yuvan , Juwan , Yuwan and Iuvan ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Juvan " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Austria , and some 80 people in Indonesia. "Yuvan " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 60 in Indonesia , and small number of people in Malaysia. "Juwan " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Violeta Juvan, Branko Juvan, Ratko Juvan, Karmela Juvan, Ana Juvan, Zlatko Juvan, Dražen Juvan, Krunoslav Juvan, Željko Juvan, Vjera Juvan, Vladimir Juvan, Milan Juvan, Ivan Juvan, Davide Juvan, Marijana Juvan, Lucija Juvan, Janez Juvan, Karol Juvan, Slavko Juvan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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