Surname Liović in modern Croatia

Liović families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Osijek. In places Zasiok and Vučipolje in Sinj area every third inhabitant had the family name Liović.

Prevalence

About 510 people with faimily name Liović live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Split (55), Visnjevac (50), Funtana in Rovinj area (45), Cepin in Osijek area (40), and in Zagreb (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Liović (including: Liovic , Lyovich , Lihovic , Lyovych , Lyovic and Lihovich ) is present in 14 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Darko Liović, Ivica Liović, Violeta Liović, Albert Liović, Nikola Liović, Mate Liović, Ivan Liović, Boris Liović, Ivana Liović, Antun Liović, Ante Liović, Gordana Liović, Antonio Liović, Valentina Liović, Jozo Liović, Iva Liović, Bernard Liović, Božo Liović, Damir Liović, Ivana Liović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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