Surname Lavor in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lavor live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Jaksic in Pozega area (<10), Migalovci in Pleternica area (<10), Sisak (<5), Glina (<5), and in Garesnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lavor (including: Llavor , Lawor ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Lawor " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Lavor, Josip Lavor, Stanislav Lavor, Slavica Lavor, Dragica Lavor, Mihaela Lavor, Mario Lavor, Antun Lavor, Marija Lavor, Tomica Lavor, Tamara Lavor, Ivan Lavor, Ana Lavor, Gordana Lavor, Kata Lavor, Ines Lavor, Jurica Lavor, Branimir Lavor, Tomislav Lavor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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