Surname Đivić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Đivić families are Croats (from Western Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Bjelovar. In Zaljut in Western Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Đivić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Đivić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (35), Zagreb (<10), Novoseljani (<5), Trsteno (<5), and in Arzano in Omis area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đivić (including: Divic , Djivic and Divich ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Divich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Marija Đivić, Sanja Đivić, Ilija Đivić, Štefica Đivić, Kristina Đivić, Daniela Đivić, Mirko Đivić, Ivica Đivić, Renata Đivić, Ivan Đivić, Slavko Đivić, Dražana Đivić, Tomislav Đivić, Milka Đivić, Damir Đivić, Suzana Đivić, Stjepan Đivić, Anita Đivić, Dane Đivić

Mentions in sources

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

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