Surname Roviš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Roviš families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin area and in Rijeka. In Veljaki in Labin area every third inhabitant had the family name Roviš.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Roviš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Veljaki (<10) and Blaskovici (<10) in Labin area, Rijeka (<5), Frata (<5), and in Cikovici (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Roviš (including: Rovis , Rowies , Rovish , Rovies and Rowis ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Rowis " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Roviš, Nataša Roviš, Željko Roviš, Sanja Roviš, Livia Roviš, Mario Roviš, Izabela Roviš, Josip Roviš, Larisa Roviš, Bruno Roviš, Jordan Roviš, Tomislav Roviš, Mirela Roviš, Damir Roviš, Melita Roviš, Kristian Roviš, Milan Roviš, Stjepan Roviš, Marija Roviš

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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