Surname Sova in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sova families are generally Croats (from Ludbreg ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Petrinja.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Sova live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Petrinja (<10), Ludbreg (<10), Zagreb (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Sveti Petar in Ludbreg area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sova (including: Sowa , Sowah , Shova , Sovva , Shovah , Shoova , Soova , Szova and Sovha ) is present in 95 countries worldwide. The family name "Sova " is used by some 20000 people in Russian Federation , about 10000 in Ukraine , and some 7000 people in the United States. "Sowa " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 6000 in Sierra Leone , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Shova " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia and about 80 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Sova, Slavica Sova, Marcel Sova, Darko Sova, Marina Sova, Martina Sova, Slavoljub Sova, Željka Sova, Željko Sova, Tamara Sova, Miloš Sova, Matej Sova, Zoran Sova, Antun Sova, Branko Sova, Ivan Sova, Nadica Sova, Marijana Sova, Alen Sova

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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