Surname Žvanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žvanović families are generally Croats (from Ogulin area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Žvanović live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Novi Vinodolski (<10) and Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žvanović (including: Zvanovic , Zhivanovic ) is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Vlatka Žvanović, Marko Žvanović, Zdenko Žvanović, Aleksandar Žvanović, Miljenko Žvanović, Vladimir Žvanović, Drena Žvanović, Tereza Žvanović, Sanja Žvanović, Vedrana Žvanović, Gordan Žvanović, Milenko Žvanović, Marija Žvanović, Tatjana Žvanović, Ana Žvanović, Leo Žvanović, Ricardo Žvanović, Anna Žvanović, Velimir Žvanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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