Surname Palavra in modern Croatia

Palavra families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area).

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Palavra live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Knin (45), Zagreb (30), Split (<10), Benkovac (<10), and in Novoselec in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Palavra (including: Pallavera , Palavera ) is present in 21 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Damir Palavra, Fabo Palavra, Mirko Palavra, Anita Palavra, Zlatko Palavra, Marija Palavra, Vesna Palavra, Mare Palavra, Jozefina Palavra, Melita Palavra, Zoran Palavra, Slavko Palavra, Goran Palavra, Katica Palavra, Stipo Palavra, Miroslav Palavra, Dalibor Palavra, Božana Palavra, Milivoj Palavra

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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