Surname Čovran in modern Croatia

Čovran families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec. In Željeznica in Ivanec every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čovran.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Čovran live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Varazdin (45), Zagreb (20), Zeljeznica (20), Radovan (15), and in Zavrsje Podbelsko (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čovran (including: Covran , Chovran ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Covran " is used by few people in Switzerland and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Čovran, Mladen Čovran, Drago Čovran, Emir Čovran, Slobodan Čovran, Ivica Čovran, Vlado Čovran, Gordana Čovran, Tomica Čovran, Stjepan Čovran, Tomislav Čovran, Krunoslav Čovran, Dalibor Čovran, Samir Čovran, Marija Čovran, Vladimir Čovran, Nevenka Čovran, Josip Čovran, Nenad Čovran

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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