Surname Cvetić in modern Croatia

Cvetić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vukovar. In Gornje Ravno in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Cvetić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Cvetić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Volavje (30), Zagreb (15), Sibenik (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cvetić (including: Cvetic , Cvetich and Cvetichan ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Cvetic " is used by some 200 people in Sudan , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Cvetich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Ecuador. "Cvetichan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Cvetić, Damir Cvetić, Miljenko Cvetić, Antoneta Cvetić, Boris Cvetić, Luka Cvetić, Sandra Cvetić, Robert Cvetić, Josipa Cvetić, Sabina Cvetić, Željko Cvetić, Miloš Cvetić, Marija Cvetić, Josip Cvetić, Siniša Cvetić, Danijel Cvetić, Kata Cvetić, Štefana Cvetić, Sonja Cvetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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