Lovaković families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Slavonski Brod area. In Oriovčić in Slavonski Brod area every third inhabitant had the family name Lovaković.
Prevalence
About 380 people with faimily name Lovaković live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (80), Fericanci in Orahovica area (40), Oriovcic in Slavonski Brod area (40), Zagreb (30), and in Osijek (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lovaković is present in 6 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.