What country does the surname Alavanja originate from?

Question:there's a guy at school with that surname and i was wondering what's his nationality. i'm embarassed to ask, he doesn't talk an awful much.
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thankyou

Almost certainly it originated in Croatia, part of what was once called Yugoslavia. There is a village called Alavanja, in the county of Zadarska in Croatia. The seven countries that were once part of Yugoslavia are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. The surname can be be found in most if not all these countries, but the main concentration seems to be centred on Croatia.