Surname Šavora in modern Croatia

Šavora families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec area and in Prelog.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Šavora live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Gorican in Cakovec area (35), Zagreb (35), Cakovec (<10), Orehovica in Cakovec area (<10), and in Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šavora (including: Savora , Sawora ) is present in 12 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Neven Šavora, Drago Šavora, Biserka Šavora, Branka Šavora, Tamara Šavora, Miljenko Šavora, Zvonimir Šavora, Matej Šavora, Zlatko Šavora, Darinka Šavora, Nikola Šavora, Franjo Šavora, Lidija Šavora, Spomenka Šavora, Marko Šavora, Josip Šavora, Stankica Šavora, Vlado Šavora, Tomislav Šavora

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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