Surname Cvjetić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cvjetić families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Cvjetić live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (10), Knin (<5), Karlovac (<5), Pula (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cvjetić is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Romana Cvjetić, Dražen Cvjetić, Ivica Cvjetić, Zoran Cvjetić, Drago Cvjetić, Milanka Cvjetić, Zdravko Cvjetić, Ankica Cvjetić, Selma Cvjetić, Darinka Cvjetić, Vladimir Cvjetić, Mira Cvjetić, Milodrag Cvjetić, Leposava Cvjetić, Slobodan Cvjetić, Jadranka Cvjetić, Petar Cvjetić, Luka Cvjetić, Krsta Cvjetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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