Surname Lovro in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lovro families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lovro live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<10), Sibenik (<10), Nova Bukovica in Slatina area (<5), and in Vukosavljevica in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lovro is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Lovro " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Brazil , and small number of people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Željko Lovro, Franjo Lovro, Davor Lovro, Saša Lovro, Zoran Lovro, Zvonko Lovro, Siniša Lovro, Nera Lovro, Dario Lovro, Josip Lovro, Anđelko Lovro, Zlatko Lovro, Ivana Lovro, Valentina Lovro, Nadica Lovro, Draginja Lovro, Marijana Lovro, Mirjana Lovro, Đurđa Lovro

Mentions in sources

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

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