Surname Cvetanović in modern Croatia

Cvetanović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sisak , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Sisak. In Gornja Oraovica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every second inhabitant had the family name Cvetanović.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Cvetanović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Gornja Oraovica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), Sisak (<10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Petrinja (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Cvetanović (including: Cvetanovic , Cvetanovich and Tzvetanovich ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Cvetanovic " is used by some 90 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Cvetanovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tzvetanovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Cvetanović, Jasna Cvetanović, Vlasta Cvetanović, Dragan Cvetanović, Davorin Cvetanović, Davor Cvetanović, Lana Cvetanović, Vesna Cvetanović, Nataša Cvetanović, Dušan Cvetanović, Bratislav Cvetanović, Tomislav Cvetanović, Miloš Cvetanović, Robi Cvetanović, Boris Cvetanović, Tanja Cvetanović, Sanja Cvetanović, Katarina Cvetanović, Mirjana Cvetanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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