Surname Kavka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kavka families are Croats (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 Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kavka live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Slavonski Brod (10), Benkovacko Selo (<10), and in Bale in Rovinj area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kavka (including: Kawka , Cavka , Cavca , Chavka , Kavchuga , Khavka and Kawcka ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Kavka " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 800 in Ukraine , and some 300 people in the United States. "Kawka " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Kawcka " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ružica Kavka, Olja Kavka, Željka Kavka, Mario Kavka, Srećko Kavka, Zlatko Kavka, Marinko Kavka, Marija Kavka, Juraj Kavka, Miroslav Kavka, Ivan Kavka, Stanislav Kavka, Ankica Kavka, Katica Kavka, Dinko Kavka, Višnja Kavka, Josip Kavka, Antonio Kavka, Mladen Kavka

Mentions in sources

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

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