Surname Ojvan in modern Croatia

Ojvan families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia and according to some sources from Srdjevici near Livno. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Ojvan live in Croatia today, in 40 households.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Osijek (30), Dugo Selo (25), Zagreb (<10), Malo Korenovo (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ojvan (including: Aivan , Aiwan , Ajwan , Hajwan , Ayvan , Haivan , Ojwan and Oiwan ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Oiwan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Ojvan, Mirko Ojvan, Slavica Ojvan, Davor Ojvan, Anđelka Ojvan, Franjo Ojvan, Nikolina Ojvan, Stanko Ojvan, Kristina Ojvan, Ivo Ojvan, Lidija Ojvan, Pero Ojvan, Nevenka Ojvan, Tomislav Ojvan, Hrvoje Ojvan, Božana Ojvan, Zorica Ojvan, Ivica Ojvan, Marija Ojvan

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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