Surname Severović in modern Croatia

Severović families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Samobor , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Stojdraga in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Severović.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Severović live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Orubica in Nova Gradiska area (20), Stojdraga (15), Sandrovac in Bjelovar area (10), and in Radeljevo Selo in Koprivnica area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (4) and Germany (1).
Family name Severović (including: Severovic , Severovich ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Severovic " is used by few people in the United States. "Severovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Severović, Lidija Severović, Matej Severović, Branimir Severović, Adriana Severović, Stjepan Severović, Tomislav Severović, Danijel Severović, Roberto Severović, Dalibor Severović, Jasna Severović, Suzana Severović, Damir Severović, Vlado Severović, Ivica Severović, Ana Severović, Darko Severović, Josipa Severović, Martina Severović

Mentions in sources

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

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