Živčec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Živčec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (10), Mursko Sredisce (10), Cakovec (10), and in Selnica (10) and Zavescak (<10) in Mursko Sredisce area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Živčec is present in five countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
