Surname Cvitanić in modern Croatia

Cvitanić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Brac.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Cvitanić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Split (75), Postira on the Island of Brac (45), Zagreb (35), and in Bol (30) and Supetar (10) on the Island of Brac.

Outside Croatia

Family name Cvitanić (including: Cvitanic , Cvitanich ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Cvitanic " is used by some 500 people in Chile , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Cvitanich " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Denmark , small number of people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Marko Cvitanić, Dražen Cvitanić, Vedrana Cvitanić, Dragutin Cvitanić, Marino Cvitanić, Frano Cvitanić, Mira Cvitanić, Gordan Cvitanić, Želimir Cvitanić, Danica Cvitanić, Ivan Cvitanić, Nikola Cvitanić, Matko Cvitanić, Jakša Cvitanić, Siniša Cvitanić, Jasmina Cvitanić, Ana Cvitanić, Tomislav Cvitanić, Nikša Cvitanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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