Surname Karavla in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Karavla families are predominantly Croats (from Slunj ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Karavla live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), Pozega (<5), Marcelji in Rijeka area (<5), and in Viljevo in Donji Miholjac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karavla (including: Karavlah , Kharawla ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Kharawla " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Karavla, Bruno Karavla, Dragica Karavla, Ivan Karavla, Vedrana Karavla, Bogdan Karavla, Miroslav Karavla, Boris Karavla, Josip Karavla, Snježana Karavla, Franjo Karavla, Milan Karavla, Jovo Karavla, Kate Karavla, Vesna Karavla, Goran Karavla, Biljana Karavla, Monika Karavla, Simo Karavla

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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