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Surname Čović in modern Croatia
Čović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. According to some sources they are from Poljica (near Omis) or from Siroki Brijeg, Herzegovina, rarely Bosniaks (Cazinska Krajina, Bosnia), and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Sinj. In Ljuti Dolac in Herzegovina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Čović.
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Prevalence
About 2300 people with faimily name Čović live in Croatia today, in 850 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 80 cities and 175 other places, mostly in Zagreb (310), Split (240), Tucepi in Makarska area (210), Makarska (80), and in Opuzen (70).
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Outside Croatia
At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (7), Austria (6), Switzerland (5), Australia (3), and to Canada (1).
Family name Čović (including: Covic , Covich , Chovich , Covici , Cowic , Chovick , Covick , Chovic , Chmovich and Chowiec ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Covic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 600 people in Romania. "Chovic " is used by few people in the United States. "Covich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and some 80 people in New Zealand.
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Characteristic first names
Ivo Čović,
Željko Čović,
Claudia Čović,
Bože Čović,
Ante Čović,
Bernard Čović,
Dinko Čović,
Ana Čović,
Alen Čović,
Mario Čović,
Krunoslav Čović,
Ivan Čović,
Šimun Čović,
Ivica Čović,
Karlo Čović,
Josip Čović,
Maja Čović,
Dražen Čović,
Žarko Čović
