Surname Pelivan.

  • Surname Pelivan in modern Croatia

    Pelivan families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Sipovo area). In Čuklić in Bosnian Krajina every third inhabitant had the family name Pelivan.

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  • Prevalence

    About 290 people with faimily name Pelivan live in Croatia today, in 90 households.
    They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Solin (65), Kastel Luksic (35), Split (30), Zagreb (30), and in Stobrec (20).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Pelivan (including: Pehlivan , Peliwan ) is present in 43 countries worldwide.

  • Characteristic first names

    Ivica Pelivan, Lea Pelivan, Marica Pelivan, Anto Pelivan, Miran Pelivan, Stipo Pelivan, Ivan Pelivan, Vedrana Pelivan, Berislav Pelivan, Martina Pelivan, Mara Pelivan, Željko Pelivan, Pero Pelivan, Ilija Pelivan, Robert Pelivan, Ivanka Pelivan, Ante Pelivan, Tomislav Pelivan, Branka Pelivan

  • Last name Pelivan around the globe

    See the countries where surname Pelivan is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • 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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