In Croatia, Cirkveni families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zapresic and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Cirkveni live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Donja Pusca in Zapresic area (15), Zagreb (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Zlebec Puscanski in Zapresic area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cirkveni is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.