Surname Kivač in modern Croatia

Kivač families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kivač live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Cehovec (20), Apatija (20), Zagreb (15), Novska (15), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kivač (including: Kivachuk , Kivach , Kivac , Kiwacz and Kiwatsch ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Kiwacz " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Kivač, Natalija Kivač, Nikola Kivač, Tatjana Kivač, Damir Kivač, Željko Kivač, Ljiljana Kivač, Josip Kivač, Štefan Kivač, Mario Kivač, Ivan Kivač, Martina Kivač, Renato Kivač, Aleksandra Kivač, Dragutin Kivač, Marijan Kivač, Stjepan Kivač, Slavica Kivač, Darko Kivač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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