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Surname Vavan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Vavan families are predominantly Croats (from Zlatar area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula. In Donji Malovan in Middle Bosnia every tenth inhabitant had the family name Vavan.
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Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Vavan live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Turnisce in Zlatar area (<10), Rijeka (<5), Marijanci in Belisce area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Vavan (including: Wawan , Vavhan , Vhavan , Vhavhan , Wavan , Wawanh and Vavvan ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Wawan " is used by some 30000 people in Indonesia , about 70 in Malaysia , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Andrea Vavan,
Božidarka Vavan,
Valentino Vavan,
Irena Vavan,
Mirko Vavan,
Nataša Vavan,
Slobodan Vavan,
Petar Vavan,
Slavko Vavan,
Jelica Vavan,
Valentina Vavan,
Silvija Vavan,
Ivan Vavan,
Filip Vavan,
Ljubica Vavan,
Marica Vavan,
Valentin Vavan,
Vukana Vavan