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Surname Melvan in modern Croatia
Melvan families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Drnis area. In Gornje Utore in Drnis area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Melvan.
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Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Melvan live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (75), Kastel Stari (40), Solin (25), Kastel Luksic (20), and in Zagreb (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Melvan is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Melvan " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Paško Melvan,
Mate Melvan,
Tomislav Melvan,
Nataša Melvan,
Marijana Melvan,
Željko Melvan,
Milka Melvan,
Jurica Melvan,
Renata Melvan,
Mladen Melvan,
Valentina Melvan,
Joško Melvan,
Žarko Melvan,
Jakov Melvan,
Patricija Melvan,
Danijela Melvan,
Gojko Melvan,
Nikolina Melvan,
Jerko Melvan
