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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Croatian (Žuvić) : patronymic from the personal names Žuva or Žuvo, old Croatian dialect forms of the Italian personal name Giovanni (see John). This surname originates from the Adriatic islands of Krk and Brač.

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