In Croatia, Gjivoje families are Croats (from the Island of Lastovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Gjivoje live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<10), Split (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Lastovo on the Island of Lastovo (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gjivoje is present in five countries on four continents. The family name "Gjivoje " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.