Surname Lovrin in modern Croatia

Lovrin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Losinj. According to some sources they are from Pitomaca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Lovrin live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zadar (40), Rijeka (15), Zagreb (10), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Ilovik in Rijeka area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lovrin (including: Lovrien , Loverin ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Lovrin " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Romania. "Lovrien " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Loverin " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 80 in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ana Lovrin, Davor Lovrin, Neven Lovrin, Marin Lovrin, Marijana Lovrin, Gordana Lovrin, Zlatko Lovrin, Tatjana Lovrin, Vicko Lovrin, Mladen Lovrin, Ivana Lovrin, Dubravka Lovrin, Rajka Lovrin, Žarko Lovrin, Mirko Lovrin, Ivan Lovrin, Irma Lovrin, Sergio Lovrin, Silvana Lovrin

Mentions in sources

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

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