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Throughout the world, Йован (Jovan , Yovan , Iovan ) is a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Йован is habitual in Southern Europe, particularly Montenegro, where it is a common male name, Serbia, and Croatia, where it is quite a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Serbia, Indonesia, and Philippines. Very seldom, Йован is the last name as well as the forename.
Йован is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Јован Матовић , character in Čedomir Ilić: a novel; Jovan , the character from novel Đurađ Branković : a historical novel; Јован Недић , character in Deacon of the Church of the Mother of God and Iovan Iorgovan .