Surname Povijač in modern Croatia

Povijač families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and in Ludbreg area.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Povijač live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Mali Bukovec in Ludbreg area (45), Zagreb (15), Dubovica in Ludbreg area (10), Koprivnica (10), and in Ludbreg (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Povijač is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Povijač, Vladimir Povijač, Dragica Povijač, Milan Povijač, Željko Povijač, Martina Povijač, Draženka Povijač, Melita Povijač, Đuro Povijač, Slavko Povijač, Marija Povijač, Marijan Povijač, Nadica Povijač, Tanja Povijač, Snježana Povijač, Anica Povijač, Josip Povijač, Zlatko Povijač, Gordana Povijač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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