Cvetko families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec area. According to some sources they are from Tuhelj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In places Vinipotok and Pešćeno in Zlatar area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Cvetko.
Prevalence
About 990 people with faimily name Cvetko live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 890 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 97 other places, mostly in Zagreb (265), Popovaca in Kutina area (50), Varazdin (45), Vinipotok in Zlatar area (40), and in Bregi Radobojski in Krapina area (30).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cvetko (including: Zwetko , Cwethko ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Cvetko " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Austria , and small number of people in Switzerland.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.
