In Croatia, Lovriš families are Croats (from Dugo Selo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Dugo Selo area. In Črnec Dugoselski in Dugo Selo area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Lovriš.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Lovriš live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Dugo Selo (15), Crnec Dugoselski in Dugo Selo area (<5), Laktec (<5), Krizevci (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).
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.