Surname Živaljić in modern Croatia

Živaljić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Živaljić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Trilj in Sinj area (70), Split (65), Solin (40), Zagreb (20), and in Turjaci (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Živaljić is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Vinko Živaljić, Miljenko Živaljić, Branimir Živaljić, Nikolina Živaljić, Ivana Živaljić, Željko Živaljić, Mirko Živaljić, Vedran Živaljić, Lukša Živaljić, Božen Živaljić, Ivan Živaljić, Marko Živaljić, Milica Živaljić, Jelena Živaljić, Vedrana Živaljić, Tomislav Živaljić, Emilija Živaljić, Vesna Živaljić, Ivanka Živaljić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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