Surname Cvjetković in modern Croatia

Cvjetković families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in East Herzegovina (Gacko area). In Glogovo in Knin area every third inhabitant had the family name Cvjetković.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Cvjetković live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Dubrovnik (55), Rijeka (35), Pula (30), and in Sipanska Luka (25).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (2), and to Austria (2).
Family name Cvjetković (including: Cvjetkovic , Cvjetkovich and Cvietkovich ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Cvjetkovic " is used by some 200 people in Austria , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Chile. "Cvietkovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Cvjetković, Bogdan Cvjetković, Nikola Cvjetković, Jasmina Cvjetković, Niko Cvjetković, Ivo Cvjetković, Perica Cvjetković, Siniša Cvjetković, Zoran Cvjetković, Milorad Cvjetković, Ivan Cvjetković, Krešimir Cvjetković, Mladen Cvjetković, Loredana Cvjetković, Ivor Cvjetković, Neda Cvjetković, Nerina Cvjetković, Aida Cvjetković, Tomislav Cvjetković

Mentions in sources

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

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