Surname Cvitković in modern Croatia

Cvitković families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. According to some sources they are from Otocac area and Bihac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Miljkovići in Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Cvitković.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Cvitković live in Croatia today, in 780 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 73 cities and 159 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Split (130), Klenovica (100), Sinj (95), and in Karlovac (90).

Outside Croatia

At least 51 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (19), Germany (15), the United States (4), Canada (4), France (3), Austria (2), Sweden (2), Argentina (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Cvitković (including: Cvitkovic , Cvitkovich ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Cvitkovic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Cvitkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Korea (South).

Characteristic first names

Ante Cvitković, Denis Cvitković, Miran Cvitković, Natalija Cvitković, Božidar Cvitković, Gabrijel Cvitković, Ivica Cvitković, Livija Cvitković, Eduard Cvitković, Ivan Cvitković, Jasna Cvitković, Mato Cvitković, Petar Cvitković, Biserka Cvitković, Dražen Cvitković, Djuro Cvitković, Zvone Cvitković, Marija Cvitković, Mirta Cvitković

Mentions in sources

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

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