Kavran families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Cakovec.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Kavran live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Cakovec (25), Prelog (20), Draskovec (15), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kavran is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Kavran " is used by some 1000 people in Turkey , about 100 in Germany , and some 90 people in the United States.
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.