Surname Zović in modern Croatia

Zović families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Zović live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Pazin (50), Brajkovici (35), Pula (35), Rovinj (25), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), Canada (3), Sweden (3), the United States (3), Germany (2), Argentina (1), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Zović (including: Zovich , Zovic ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Zovic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number of people in Italy , and small number of people in Albania , small number of people in France , small number of people in the United States. "Zovich " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Irides Zović, Tomislav Zović, Milica Zović, Mauricio Zović, Dijana Zović, Suzana Zović, Milivoj Zović, Ivo Zović, Mladen Zović, Loredana Zović, Dragan Zović, Vladimir Zović, Mirko Zović, Jasminka Zović, Ketlin Zović, Mario Zović, Aleksandar Zović, Snježana Zović, Majda Zović

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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