Surname Cvetan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cvetan families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb. In Petrovina in Jastrebarsko every seventh inhabitant had the family name Cvetan.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Cvetan live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Petrovina (40), Zagreb (10), Jastrebarsko (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Kutina (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (4) and South Africa (2).
Family name Cvetan (including: Tzvetan , Zvetan ) is present in 11 countries on two continents. The family name "Cvetan " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Zvetan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Cvetan, Mario Cvetan, Adriano Cvetan, Vladimir Cvetan, Franjo Cvetan, Dario Cvetan, Renata Cvetan, Miroslav Cvetan, Sandra Cvetan, Ružica Cvetan, Martina Cvetan, Marija Cvetan, Željko Cvetan, Aldo Cvetan, Ivan Cvetan, Zlata Cvetan, Jadranka Cvetan, Jasminka Cvetan, Tomislav Cvetan

Mentions in sources

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

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