Lovasić families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Koprivnica. In Mirkovec Breznički in Novi Marof area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Lovasić.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Lovasić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Strmec (30) and Sveta Nedelja (<10) in Samobor area, Pavlovcani (<10), Mirkovec Breznicki in Novi Marof area (<10), and in Mali Bukovec in Ludbreg area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lovasić (including: Lovasic , Lovasich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Lovasic " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
