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Surname Mrva in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Mrva families are almost entirely Croats (from Slatina area ), barely Slovenes, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Virovitica. In Miljevci in Slatina area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Mrva.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Mrva live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zadar (20), Slatina (10), Ugljan on the Island of Ugljan (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Miljevci in Slatina area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Mrva (including: Merva , Merwa ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Mrva " is used by some 600 people in Slovakia , about 300 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in the United States. "Merva " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Czech Republic.
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Characteristic first names
Miroslav Mrva,
Snježana Mrva,
Zvonko Mrva,
Damir Mrva,
Antonio Mrva,
Željko Mrva,
Ines Mrva,
Zlatko Mrva,
Anđelka Mrva,
Verica Mrva,
Marija Mrva,
Nenad Mrva,
Stjepan Mrva,
Slavko Mrva,
Bernarda Mrva,
Zdenko Mrva,
Mladen Mrva,
Marino Mrva,
Ivan Mrva
