Surname Viola in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Viola families are generally Croats (from Pazin area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin area and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Viola live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Karojba in Pazin area (<10), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Viola (including: Violla , Vihola , Vhiola and Violah ) is present in 95 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Eva Viola, Emil Viola, Rudolf Viola, Nikola Viola, Anton Viola, Josip Viola, Katja Viola, Renata Viola, Franjo Viola, Elfriede Viola, Giuseppe Viola, Marjan Viola, Barbara Viola, Viljenka Viola, Anastazija Viola, Antun Viola, Dalibor Viola, Lili Viola, Vedran Viola

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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