Surname Cehman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Živac families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Živac live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Dunave in Dubrovnik area (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Stobrec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Živac (including: Zivac , Ziewacz and Zievacz ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Ziewacz " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Pavica Cehman, Stane Cehman, Marija Cehman, Ane Cehman, Jele Cehman, Pavo Cehman, Adrijan Cehman, Mato Cehman, Božo Cehman, Kate Cehman, Luce Cehman, Niko Cehman, Pave Cehman, Sanja Cehman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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