Surname Ujvari in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ujvari families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Ujvari 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 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (<10), Varazdin (<10), Djakovo (<5), and in Cervar-Porat (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ujvari (including: Ujvári , Ujvary , Uyvari , Ujváry , Ujwari and Ujwary ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Ujvari " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Uyvari " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Ujwari " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Ujvari, Ilijana Ujvari, Vladimir Ujvari, Goran Ujvari, Radmila Ujvari, Karolj Ujvari, Ivica Ujvari, Branko Ujvari, Denis Ujvari, Stjepan Ujvari, Marija Ujvari, Robert Ujvari, Tajana Ujvari, Pavo Ujvari, Darko Ujvari, Anita Ujvari, Gyorgy Ujvari, Marta Ujvari, Zvonko Ujvari

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1932 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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