Surname Nović in modern Croatia

Nović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Buje area , also Serbs and Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Nović live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Vizinada in Buje area (20), in Stari Jankovci (15) and Nustar (<10) in Vinkovci area, and in Sulkovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nović (including: Novic , Novick , Novich , Nowicz , Nowick , Novitsch , Nowich , Nowitsch , Nowichi and Nowic ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Novich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Russian Federation , and some 50 people in Israel. "Novitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Nowich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavenko Nović, Đanfranko Nović, Aris Nović, Milan Nović, Stana Nović, Karlo Nović, Petar Nović, Katica Nović, Renata Nović, Anto Nović, Vesna Nović, Slavko Nović, Gordana Nović, Igor Nović, Radoslav Nović, Marija Nović, Siniša Nović, Davor Nović, Meho Nović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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