Surname Krivan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Krivan families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Krivan live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Gornji Marinkovac (20) and Dubrava (<5) in Vrbovec area, and in Oborovo in Dugo Selo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krivan (including: Kerivan , Kriwan , Krihwan , Kryvan , Krievan and Cherivan ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Krivan " is used by some 400 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Kerivan " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Krihwan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Julius Krivan, Miroslav Krivan, Draga Krivan, Anđelko Krivan, Goran Krivan, Mario Krivan, Siniša Krivan, Sandra Krivan, Igor Krivan, Zoran Krivan, Valentino Krivan, Dragica Krivan, Darko Krivan, Željko Krivan, Sanjica Krivan, Marina Krivan, Ivka Krivan, Anka Krivan, Ana Krivan

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