Surname Ivić in modern Croatia

Ivić families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Zagreb. In Drinovci in Drnis every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ivić.

Prevalence

About 2700 people with faimily name Ivić live in Croatia today, in 1100 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 80 cities and 235 other places, mostly in Zagreb (440), Split (145), Osijek (95), Sibenik (90), and in Solin (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 33 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), Austria (5), Australia (5), Switzerland (2), Canada (2), France (2), the United States (1), Argentina (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Ivić (including: Ivic , Ivich , Ivichev , Ivichuk , Hivick , Ievich , Ivicz , Iwick and Iwic ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Ivich " is used by some 400 people in Mexico , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Iwic " is used by few people in the United States. "Iwick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anto Ivić, Tomislav Ivić, Miroslav Ivić, Vinko Ivić, Zoran Ivić, Juro Ivić, Ivo Ivić, David Ivić, Josipa Ivić, Franjo Ivić, Marko Ivić, Marija Ivić, Damir Ivić, Josip Ivić, Gordana Ivić, Lovro Ivić, Zdravko Ivić, Ivan Ivić, Vera Ivić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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