Surname Plavša in modern Croatia

Plavša families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin and Split.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Plavša live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Golubic (20), Sinj (15), Split (10), Otok in Sinj area (10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plavša is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Plavsa " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Plavša, Željko Plavša, Vladimir Plavša, Lucija Plavša, Ivan Plavša, Milan Plavša, Aleksandar Plavša, Boženka Plavša, Uroš Plavša, Marija Plavša, Drago Plavša, Jure Plavša, Slavka Plavša, Stevo Plavša, Jozo Plavša, Ljiljana Plavša, Sanjica Plavša, Ivanka Plavša, Boško Plavša

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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