Žuvela families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula (Blato). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Split.
Prevalence
About 840 people with faimily name Žuvela live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Vela Luka (440) and Blato (120) on the Island of Korcula, Split (90), Zagreb (80), and in Dubrovnik (50).
Outside Croatia
Family name Žuvela (including: Zuvela , Zuvella ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Zuvella " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.