Surname Malovan in modern Croatia

Malovan families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Malovan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Hrvace in Sinj area (35), Split (15), Zagreb (10), Knin (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Malovan is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Mallowan " is used by small number of people in Great Britain and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Malovan, Vladimir Malovan, Marina Malovan, Branko Malovan, Ante Malovan, Mirjana Malovan, Šima Malovan, Sanja Malovan, Stipe Malovan, Borislav Malovan, Zlata Malovan, Milena Malovan, Ljubica Malovan, Marija Malovan, Mira Malovan, Tanja Malovan, Mario Malovan, Iva Malovan, Josko Malovan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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