In Croatia, Glivetić families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Nova Gradiska.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Glivetić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Samobor (<10), Seoce in Pozega area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Nova Gradiska (<5), and in Krizevci (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1). Family name Glivetić is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.