Surname Cvetković in modern Croatia

Cvetković families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Cvetković Brdo in Velika Gorica every second inhabitant had the family name Cvetković.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Cvetković live in Croatia today, in 610 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 139 other places, mostly in Zagreb (370), Strmec in Samobor area (50), Velika Gorica (45), Samobor (40), and in Vodjinci in Vinkovci area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 28 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Australia (5), Austria (3), Switzerland (3), Canada (3), the United Kingdom (2), Norway (1), the United States (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), and to France (1).
Family name Cvetković (including: Cvetkovic , Cvetkovich and Cvetkovitsch ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Cvetkovic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 200 people in Austria. "Cvetkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Branka Cvetković, Đuro Cvetković, Damir Cvetković, Dalibor Cvetković, Marko Cvetković, Čedomir Cvetković, Zoran Cvetković, Katica Cvetković, Maja Cvetković, Aleksandra Cvetković, Franjo Cvetković, Pepo Cvetković, Milko Cvetković, Dejan Cvetković, Morana Cvetković, Mirjana Cvetković, Jelena Cvetković, Siniša Cvetković, Davor Cvetković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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