In Croatia, Plavan families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Ozalj. In Gorica Lipnička in Ozalj area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Plavan.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Plavan live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Kamanje (<5), Ribnik (<5) and Gorica Lipnicka (<5) in Ozalj area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Plavan is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Plavan " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Uruguay , and some 100 people in the United States.
